Abantis (Caprona)

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Tagiadinae
Tribus: Tagiadini
Genus: Abantis
Subgenus: Abantis (Caprona)
Species: A. (C.) adelica – A. (C.) agama – A. (C.) alida – A. (C.) bicolor – A. (C.) canopus – A. (C.) cassualalla – A. (C.) pillaana – A. (C.) ransonnetii

Name

Abantis (Caprona) (Wallengren, 1857).

Type species: Abantis (Caprona) pillaana Wallengren, 1857ː 51; by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Caprona Wallengren, 1857ː 51, 1858ː 52; Hemming, 1967ː 94; Bridges, 1994ː IV.6, Ackery, et al., 1995ː 74.
• Sapaea Plötz, 1879ː 177, 179; Hemming, 1967ː 400. (synonymized by Zhang et al., 2022: 27).
• Netrobalane Mabille, 1903ː 46, 76; (synonymized by Zhang et al., 2022: 27) Fotos: [1]. TSː Caprona canopus Trimen, 1864ː 180.
• Abantis (Caprona) (Wallengren); Zhang, et al., 2022ː 108.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P. 1903–1904. Genera Insectorum - Fam. Hesperiidae Fascicule 17: 210pp, 4 pls.; P. Wytsman, Brussels. Reference page. 
• Plötz, C. 1879. Hesperiina Herr. Sch.. Entomologische Zeitung 40: 175-180. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R. 1864. Descriptions of some new species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)2: 175-180. Reference page. 
• Wallengren, H.D.J. 1857. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838–1845 collecta a J.A. Wahlberg. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (n.s.) 2(4): 55 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallengren, H.D.J. 1858. Nova Genera Lepidopterorum. Översigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 15: 75–84. Archive. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. PDF. Reference page.