Leptotes pirithous insulanus

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: Leptotes
Species: Leptotes pirithous
Subspecies: Leptotes pirithous insulanus

Name

Leptotes pirithous insulanus (Aurivillius, 1909).

Type locality: Mozambique: “Insel Europa”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Cupido telicanus insulana (var.) Aurivillius, 1909: 324.
• Syntarucus pirithous insulanus (Aurivillius); Stempffer, 1967: 221.
• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus); Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 55. Treated as a subspecies of Leptotes pirithous by Ackery et al., 1995: 644. Synonymised with L. pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) by Lees et al., 2003.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Aurivillius, P., 1909a. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera und Heterocera (Pars 1) von Madagaskar, den Comoren und den Inseln Ostafrikas. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905 2: 309-348, pl. 19. Stuttgart. Reference page. 
• Lees, D.C., Kremen, C., & Raharitsimba, H. 2003. Lepidoptera: Systematics and diversity. In: Goodman, S.M., & Benstead, J.P. [Eds]. The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, 1709 pp. Chapter pagination: 748–761. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., Baliteau, L. & Baliteau, S. 2011. Deux nouveaux Lycaenidae du Cap-Vert (Lepidoptera). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 116(1): 63–67. PDF. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.