Lepidochrysops aethiopia

Taxonavigation

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: Lepidochrysops
Species: Lepidochrysops aethiopia

Name

Lepidochrysops aethiopia (Bethune-Baker, [1923]).

Type locality: : [Mozambique]: “Foothills N. of Mt. Chiperone, Port. East Africa, 2500 ft., 19.xi.1913, S.A. Neave” (Tite, 1959: 159).

Syntypes: 5♂♂ BMNH, ♀ OUMNH, images.

Synonymy

• Neochrysops aethiopia Bethune-Baker, [1923]: 331, Pls 14, fig. 9; 21, fig. 40; 29, fig. 40..
• Neochrysops nyasae Bethune-Baker, [1923]: 332, Pls 14, fig. 10, Malawi: “Nyasaland, Mlanje and near Lake Chilwa”. Synonymized by Tite (1959: 158).
• Lepidochrysops aethiopica (Bethune-Baker, [1923]). Hedicke, 1923.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., [1923]. A monograph of the genus Catochrysops Boisduval (Auctorum). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1922: 275–366. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hedicke, H., 1923. Nomina nova. III. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1923: 226. Reference page. 
• Tite, G. E., 1959. The Genus Catochrysops (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologist 92: 201-212, pls. 10-11. Reference page.