Aloeides rileyi

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: Aloeides
Species: Aloeides rileyi

Name

Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976.

Type locality: Lesotho, Butha Buthe.

Holotype: OUMNH. male ♂. 13.I.1940. leg. K.M. Pennington.

Synonymy

• Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976: 179, pl. 5, figs 5-6; Henning, 1993: 149; Williams, 2008.
• Aloeides taylori Tite and Dickson, 1976: 180, pl. 5, figs 7-8;. Orange Free State: Golden Gates, 3.x. 1954 (K. M. Pennington). Synonymised by Henning & Henning, 1986: 337.

References

• Henning, G. A. & Henning, S. F., 1986. Notes on the genus Aloeides Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with a description of a new species from the Transvaal. J. ent. Soc. S. Afr. 49(2): 337–341. pdf. Reference page. 
• Henning, G.A. 1993. Revisional notes on the genus Aloeides Hubner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 4 (4): 144–155. Full issue PDF. Reference page. 
• Tite, G.E. & Dickson, C.G.C. 1976. Further notes on species of the genus Aloeides (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). No. 1. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 88(7-8): 177–180. BHL. Reference page.