Abantis venosa

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
Speciesː Abantis venosa
Subspeciesː A. v. contigua –A. v. elegantula –A. v. venosa

Name

Abantis venosa Trimen, 1889.

Type localityː Transvaal.

Typusː ♂ BMNH; Lepindex.

Synonymy

♦ Abantis venosa Trimen, 1889ː 339; Williams, 2007ː 11; Kielland, 1990ː 234.
♦ Sepaea elegantula Mabille, 1890ː 32. Sierra Leone. Type Berlin museum.
♦ Leucochitonea umvulensis Sharpe, 1890ː 348. TLː Umvuli River.
♦ Abantis plerotica Karsch, 1896ː 374. Tanganyika. HT ♂ Berlin.
♦ Abantis venosa var. vidua Weymer, 1901ː 66. Angola.
♦ Abantis venosa venosa Trimen; Evans, 1937ː 54; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.235, IX.1.

References

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.
Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. Reference page.
Karsch, F. 1896. Aethiopische Hesperiiden. Entomologische Nachrichten 22: 372−377. Reference page.
Kielland, J., 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363, 68 pls.,179 figs. Reference page.
Mabille, P., 1890. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d’Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Lepidopteres avec des notes sur quelques autres especes d’Afrique. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (Ser. 6)10: 17–51, BHL. Reference page.
Sharpe, E., 1890. Descriptions of some new species of African butterflies in the collection of Captain G.E. Shelley. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 6: 103-106, 346-350. BHL1, BHL2. Reference page.
Weymer, G., 1901. Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna von Angola. Entomologische Zeitschrift. Frankfurt A.M. 15: 61-64, 65-67, 69-70. Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.