Oxylides albata

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Oxylidini
Genus: Oxylides
Species: Oxylides albata

Name

Oxylides albata (Aurivillius, 1895).

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Neotype: ♂ MRAC Tervuren: Banzyville, Ubangui, Zaire, 5.ix.1950 (R, P, Mostincks). Designated by Libert, 2004: 150.

Synonymy

• Hypolycaena faunus var. albata Aurivillius, 1895: 382.
• Oxylides faunus albata (Aurivillius); Stempffer, 1967: 115.
• Oxylides albata (Aurivillius); Libert, 2004; Williams, 2008.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1895. Diagnosen neuer Tagfalter aus Africa. Entomologische Nachrichten 21: 379–382. BHL. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2004. Revision du genre Oxylides Huebner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 104 (2) (Tome I): 143–158. 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.