Vanessa abyssinica

Vanessa abyssinica

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Nymphalini
Genus: Vanessa
Species: Vanessa abyssinica
Subspecies: V. a. abyssinica – V. a. jacksoni – V. a. vansomereni

Name

Vanessa abyssinica (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1867])

Synonymy

• Pyrameis abyssinica C. Felder & R. Felder, [1867]: 397.
• Antanartia abyssinica (C. Felder & R. Felder)
• Vanessa abyssinica (C. Felder & R. Felder); Wahlberg, Brower & Nylin, 2005: 236.
• Vanessa (Vanessa) abyssinica (C. Felder & R. Felder); Vane-Wright & Hughes, 2007: 212.

References

Primary references

• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page. 
• Wahlberg, N., Brower, A.V.Z. & Nylin, S. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 86(2): 227–251. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00531.x . Reference page. 
• Vane-Wright, R.I. & Hughes, H.W.D. 2007. Did a member of the Vanessa indica complex (Nymphalidae) formerly occur in North America? Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 61(4): 199–212. PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Howarth, T.G. 1966. Revisional notes on the genus Antanartia (Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 18: 21–43, pl. 1–5. Online. Reference page.