Afriodinia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Nemeobiinae
Tribus: Nemeobiini
SubTribus: Abisarina
Genus: Afriodinia
Species:
A. caeca – A. cameroonensis – A. delicata – A. dewitzi – A. gerontes – A. lico – A. neavei – A. rogersi – A. rutherfordii – A. tantalus – A. talantus – A. zanzibarica

Name

Afriodinia D'Abrera, 2009.

Type species: Abisara (Papilio) gerontes Fabricius, 1781, by original designation

Synonymy

As synonomy with Abisara per Collins et al., 2014: 114. Re-instated by Espeland et al., 2015, valid e.g. Bayliss et al. 2022

References

see https://www.metamorphosis.org.za/articlesPDF/1151/148%20Genus%20Afriodinia%20D%20Abrera,%202009.pdf

• Espeland et al., 2015. Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea).LINK

• Callaghan, C.J., 2003. A revision of the African species of the genus Abisara Felder & Felder (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Metamorphosis 14(4): 118–164. Researchgate Reference page. 
• D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page. 
• Seraphim, N., Kaminski, L.A., DeVries, P.J., Penz, C.M., Callaghan, C.J., Wahlberg, N., Silva-Brandão, K.L. & Freitas, A.V.L. 2018. Molecular phylogeny and higher systematics of the metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Systematic Entomology 43(2): 407–425. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12282 Reference page.