Thestor protumnus

Thestor protumnus

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: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Thestor
Species: Thestor protumnus
Species: T. p. aridus – T. p. protumnus – T. p. terblanchei

Name

Thestor protumnus (Linnaeus, 1764).

Type locality: [South Africa]: “Tulbagh, Cap. b. Spei [Western Cape Province]”.

Lectotype: designated by Honey & Scoble, 2001: 374.

Synonymy

• Papilio protumnus Linnaeus, 1764: 340.
• Papilio petalus Cramer, [1779]: 84, pl. 243, figs C, D. [South Africa]: “Cap de Bonne Espérance”.
• Papilio silvius Fabricius, 1787: 88. [South Africa]: “Cap. bon. Spei”.
• Zeritis protumnus (Linnaeus); Trimen, 1866: 278.
• Arrugia protumnus (Linnaeus); Trimen & Bowker, 1887: 228.
• Thestor protumnus (Linnaeus); Dickson & Kroon, 1978; Pringle et al., 1994: 140; D'Abrera, 2009: 693.
• Thestor protumnus protumnus (Linnaeus); Stempffer, 1967: 183; Williams, consulted 25.iii.2015.

References

• Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 2: 382 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page. 
• Honey, M.R., & Scoble, M.J., 2001. Linnaeus’s butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperiodea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 277–399. web. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1764. Museum Sae Rae Mtis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque. In quo Animalia Rariora Imprimis & Exotica: Insecta & Conchilia describuntur & determinantur. [viii], 1–720 + [2] pp. Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL 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. 
• Trimen, R., 1862–1866. Rhopalocera Africae Australis Parts 1–9. 353 + xxi pp, 6 pls. Cape Town. BHL Text, Plates.Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1887. In Trimen, R. & Bowker, J.H. South-African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2: Erycinidae and Lycaenidae. vi + 242 pp., pls 7–9 London. Reference page. 

Links

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