Trimenia malagrida

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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Trimenia
Species: Trimenia malagrida
Species: T. m. cedrusmontana – T. m. malagrida – T. m. maryae – T. m. paarlensis

Name

Trimenia malagrida (Wallengren, 1857).

Type locality: "Caffraria",

Holotype: NRM, Stockholm, image.

Synonymy

Cygaritis malagrida [sic] Wallengren, 1857: 43.
Zeritis aglaspis Trimen, 1862: 286. [South Africa]: “Cape Town”.
Zeritis malagrida (Wallengren); Trimen, 1866: 271; Trimen & Bowker, 1887: 194.
Phasis malagrida (Wallengren); Swanepoel, 1953.
Aloeides malagrida (Wallengren); Stempffer, 1967: 176.
Argyrocupha malagrida malagrida (Wallengren); Tite & Dickson, 1975: 234; Dickson & Stephen, 1975: 129; Pringle et al., 1994: 181; D'Abrera, 2009: 714.
Trimenia malagrida malagrida (Wallengren); Heath, 1997: 21; Williams, consulted 22.iii.2015.

References

D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page.
Dickson, C.G.C., 1967. Observations on the Cape Lycaenid Phasis malagrida (Wallengren), with the description of a new race. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 79: 123–125, pl. 5. BHL. Reference page.
Dickson, C.G.C. & Stephen, R.D. 1975. An additional new race of Argyrocupha malagrida (Wallengren) (Lep.: Lycaenidae). The Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 87(5): 129–132. BHL Reference page.
C.G.C. Dickson & Henning, W.H., 1981. A new race of Argyrocupha malagrida (Wallengren) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the western Cape Province. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 92 (11-12): 297–300, pl. 19. BHL. Reference page.
Heath, A. 1997. A review of African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis. Occasional supplement (2). Full publication, with link to PDF. Reference page.
Pringle, Henning & Ball [Eds], 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa 2nd edn. Struik Winchester, Cape Town: 1-800. 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.
Swanepoel, D.A., 1953a. Butterflies of South Africa. Where, when and how they fly. 1-320. Reference page.
Tite, G.E. & Dickson, C.G.C. 1975. The genus Aloeides and allied genera (Lepidoptera:Lycaenidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Entomology). 29 (5): 225–280, 5 pls, 32 text figs. text, plates. Reference page.
Trimen, R., 1862. On some new species of South African butterflies. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)1: 279–291. Archive. 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.
Wallengren, H.D.J. 1857. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838–1845 collecta a J.A. Wahlberg. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (n.s.) 2(4): 55 pp. BHL Reference page.

Links

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