Spalgis lemolea

Spalgis lemolea

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: Miletinae
Tribus: Spalgini
Genus: Spalgis
Species: Spalgis lemolea
Sub-Species: (2), [per Williams]
S. l. lemolea – S. l. pilos

Name

Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890.

Type locality: Nigeria: "Lagos".

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890: 26.
• Spalgis latimarginata Sharpe, 1890: 347. Senegal/Gambia. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 185.
• Spalgis s-signata Holland, 1890: 426. Gabon. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 185.
• Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce; Williams, consulted 25.iii.2015.

References

• Druce, H.H. 1890. Descriptions of twelve new species of Lycaenidae from West Africa and one from the Solomon Islands, in the collection of Herbert Druce. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 5: 24–31. BHL. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J., 1890. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 5: 423–431. Reference page. 
• Sharpe, E., 1890. Descriptions of some new species of African butterflies in the collection of Captain G.E. Shelley. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 6: 103-106, 346-350. BHL1, BHL2. 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. 

Links

• Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. Spalgis Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

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