Lepella lepeletieri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Aeromachini
Genus: Lepella
Species: Lepella lepeletieri

Lepella lepeletieri Latreille, [1824].

Type Locality: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope.

Holotype: lost, per Riley, 1926: 240.

Hesperia lepeletier Latreille, [1824]: 777.
Cyclopides africanus Plötz, 1884: 395. Angola: Mabille MS name. Synonymy in Evans, 1951: 77.
Cyclopides romi Robbe, 1892: 133. Congo. Synonymy in Evans, 1951: 77.
Hesperia lepeletieri (Latreille); Hemming, 1967: 251. Latinised name correction per Article 31a.
Lepella lepeletieri (Latreille); Hemmimg, 1967: 251. Generic attribution.
Lepella lepeletier (Latreille); Evans, 1951: 77; Bridges, 1994: VIII.122. Repeated original mis-spelling.

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Latreille, P.A. 1819–1824. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle Entomologie. Tome Neuvième. H. Agasse, Paris. 793 pp. BHL; Suiteː 329–828 BHL. Reference page.
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Riley, N.D., 1926. On the identity of certain Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) described by Latreille. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 74(2): 231-241. Reference page.
Robbe, H., 1892. Lepidopteres du Congo; Description de deux Nouvelles Espèces et de deux Nouvelles Variétés. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 36: 132-139. Reference page.