Azanus sitalces

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Azanus
Species: Azanus sitalces
Subspecies: (2)
A. s. mayotti – A. s. sitalces

Name

Azanus sitalces (Mabille, 1899).

Type locality: NE Madagascar, Antongil.

Holotype: Not located.

Synonymy

• Lycaena sitalces Mabille, 1899: 723.
• Azanus rubropuncta Lathy, 1921: 208. Madagascar, Marsantsetia.
• Azanus sitalces (Mabille); Stempffer, 1967: 252
• Azanus sitalces sitalces (Mabille); D'Abrera, 1980:552.
• Azanus (Azanus) sitalces sitalces (Mabille); Williams.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
• Lathy, P. I., 1921. Two new species of Lycaenidae from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8: 208. Archive. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P., 1899. Lepidoptera nova Malagassica et Africana. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 68: 723–753. 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. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

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