Platylesches moritili

Platylesches moritili

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Platylesches

Name

Platylesches moritili Wallengren, 1857.

Type Locality: "Caffraria" (Africa).

Holotype: tbc

Synonymy

• Hesperia moritili Wallengren, 1857: 49.
• Pamphila? moritili (Wallengren); Trimen, 1866: 305.
• Apaustus zephora Plötz, 1884: 156. Angola. Synonymy in Bridges, 1994: IX.50.
• Pamphila heterophyla Mabille, 1891: clxxviii. Natal. Synonymy in Bridges, 1994: IX.50.
• Pamphila amadhu Mabille, 1891: clxxviii; Transvaal. Synonymy in Bridges, 1994: IX.50.
• Platylesches moritili (Wallengren); Holland, 1896: 72; Evans, 1937: 170; Bridges, 1994: VIII.148; Larsen, 2013: 95, figs 5-8.
• Platylesches costalis Aurivillius, [1925]: 523, Pl.79a. Synonymy in Bridges, 1994: IX.50.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J. 1896. A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896: 2–107, Pls I–V. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2013a. Two new species in the African skipper genera Borbo (Hesperiinae, Baorini) and Platylesches (Hesperiinae, incertae sedis). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 23(2): 92–98. PDF. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P. 1891. Description d'Hespérides Nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 35: 59–88; 106–121; 167-187. Reference page. 
• Plötz, C. 1884. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Apaustus Hüb. und ihre Arten. Entomologische Zeitung 45: 151–166. BHL. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1862–1866. Rhopalocera Africae Australis Parts 1–9. 353 + xxi pp, 6 pls. Cape Town. BHL Text, Plates.Reference page. 
• Wallengren, H.D.J. 1857. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum a J.A. Wahlberg. Oversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akadeniens Forhandlingar. Stockholm annis 1838-1845. Collecta (n.s.) 2(4): 55 pp. BHL Reference page.