Cupidopsis cissus

Cupidopsis cissus

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Cupidopsis
Species: Cupidopsis cissus
Subspecies: (2)
C. c. cissus – C. c. extensa

Name

Cupidopsis cissus (Godart, [1824]).

Type locality: South Africa: “Cape of Good Hope”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Polyommatus cissus Godart, [1824]: 683.
• Lycaena catharina Trimen, 1862: 281. South Africa: “Knysna; Kaffraria, King William’s Town; Butterworth”. Synonymy in Williams, 2008.
• Lampides abberans Butler, 1878: 289. Madagascar: “Fianarantsoa”. Synonymy in Williams, 2008.
• Cupido cissus albiradiatus (♀ forma) Stoneham, 1938: 3. Kenya: “East Surrey Estates”. Synonymy in Williams, 2008.
• Cupidopsis cissus (Godart); Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 2.

References

• Butler, A. G. 1878. On a collection of Lepidoptera recently received from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)2: 283–297. Archive. Reference page. 
• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
• Stoneham, H.F., 1938. Notes on African Lycaenidae, and some new forms. Bulletin of the Stoneham Museum (36): 3 pp. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1862. On some new species of South African butterflies. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)1: 279–291. Archive. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.