Abantis canopus

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)
Speciesː Abantis canopus

Name

Abantis (Caprona) canopus Trimen, 1864.

Type localityː "Kaffraria and Natal"

Typusː BMNH

Synonymy

♦ Caprona canopus Trimen, 1864ː 180.
♦ Netrobalane canopus (Trimen); Bridges, 1994ː VIII.40, IX.41; Ackery, Smith & Vane-Wright, 1995ː 75; Lepindex.
♦ Abantis (Caprona) canopus (Trimen); Zhang et al., 2022ː 114.

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.
Bethune-Baker, G.T., 1911. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from tropical Africa. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8)8(46): 506-542. 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.
Trimen, R. 1864. Descriptions of some new species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)2: 175-180. 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.