Spialia diomus
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Carcharodini
Subtribus: Carcharodina
Genus: Spialia
Subgenus: Platygnathia
Speciesː Spialia diomus
Subspeciesː S. d. diomus –S. d. ferax
Name
[edit]Spialia diomus (Hopffer, 1855).
Type localityː Mozambique.
Typusː repository tbc.
Synonymy
[edit]- Pyrgus diomus Hopffer, 1855ː 643
- Pyrgus machacoana Butler, 1899ː [ 426]. Kenya; HT♂ BMNH.
- Syrichtus ferax Wallengren, 1863ː [ 137]. Synonymy in Evans, 1937.
- Syrichtus lacreuzei Oberthür, 1912ː [ 117].
- Spialia diomus diomus (Hopffer); Kielland, 1990ː 235.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Hopffer, C. 1855. Lepidoptera Diurna. Berichte über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855: 639–643. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Butler, A. G., 1899. On two small collections of butterflies made by Mr. Richard Crawshay during 1898 in British East Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 417–427, 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.
- Kielland, J., 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363, 68 pls.,179 figs. Reference page.