Oxylides faunus

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
Tribus: Oxylidini
Genus: Oxylides
Species: Oxylides faunus
Subspecies: (2)
O. f. camerunica – O. f. faunus

Name

Oxylides faunus (Drury, [1773]).

Type locality: West Africa, Ghana.

Neotype: ♀ BMNH: "Bendu, Sierra Leone, 11.viii.1912 (J. J. Simpson); Neallotype ♂ BMNH: "Sierra Leone, (Capt. Skinner); both designated by Libert, 2004: 146.

Synonymy

• Papilio faunus Drury, [1773]: pl. 1, figs 4, 5.
• Hesperia hesiodus Fabricius, 1793: 260.
• Oxylides faunus (Drury); Scudder, 1875: 234
• Oxylides faunus faunus (Drury);Stempffer, 1967: 115; Libert, 2004: 146.

References

• Drury, D. 1770–1782. Illustrations of Natural History London, White. Vol.l (1770): xxviii+130+[2]pp, 50+1 pls, 4 figs; Vol.2 (1773): vii+90pp, 50 pls; Vol.3 (1782): vii+76pp, 50 pls. Vol.1; Vol.2; Vol.3. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2004. Revision du genre Oxylides Huebner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 104 (2) (Tome I): 143–158. Reference page. 
• Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. Amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293.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.