Thestor basutus

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: Miletinae
Tribus: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Thestor
Species: Thestor basutus
Species: T. b. basutus – T. b. capeneri

Name edit

Thestor basutus (Wallengren, 1857).

Type locality: [South Africa]: “Caffraria [Eastern Cape Province]”.

Holotype: NRM, Stockholm. images.

Synonymy edit

  • Zerythis? basuta [sic] Wallengren, 1857: 46.
  • Arrugia basuta (Wallengren); Trimen & Bowker, 1887: 231, pl. 9, figs 8, 8a.
  • Thestor basuta (Wallengren); Stempffer, 1967: 183; D'Abrera, 2009: 692.
  • Thestor basutus (Wallengren); Swanepoel, 1953a; Dickson, 1972: 253, pl. 16; Pringle et al., 1994: 152; Williams, consulted 25.iii.2015.

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