Capys connexivus from original description.

Taxonavigation edit

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: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Capys
Species: Capys connexivus
Subspecies: C. c. connexivus – C. c. gardineri

Name edit

Capys connexivus Butler, 1897.

Type locality: Malawi: “Kasungu Mountain, 5945 feet alt., Nyika”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy edit

  • Capys connexiva Butler, 1897: 831, pl.51 fig.6.
  • Capys disjunctus connexivus Butler; Stempffer, 1967: 172.
  • Capys connexivus Butler; Kielland, 1990: 201, pl.52.
  • Capys connexivus connexivus Butler; Henning & Henning, 1988: 112; Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 65.

References edit