Phasis pringlei

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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Phasis
Species: Phasis pringlei

Name

Phasis pringlei Dickson, 1977.

Type locality: South Africa: “Western Cape Province: Sutherland”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Sutherland, 2.xii.l976 (E. L. Pringle), Type No. Rh.l8674.
Allotype, ♀ BMNH: data as for holotype, "l.xii.l976 (E.L.Pringle) Type No. Rh.l8675.

Synonymy

• Phasis pringlei Dickson, 1977: 317, pl. 27; Williams, 2008.

References

• Dickson, C.G.C., 1977. A new species of the Phasis thero (L.) group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Roggeveld Escarpment. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 89 (12): 317–319. BHL. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.