Aloeides egerides

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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Aloeides
Species: Aloeides egerides

Name

Aloeides egerides Riley, 1938.

Type locality: South Africa, Cape Province.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Red Hill, Simon's Town".

Synonymy

• Phasis thyra egerides (forma) Riley, 1938: 238, pl.1. fig. 10, pl. 2, fig. 35; Stempffer, 1967: 176.
• Aloeides egerides Tite & Dickson, 1968: 383, pl. 5, figs. 95, 96, 108, 109; Henning, 1993: 148.

References

• Henning, G.A. 1993. Revisional notes on the genus Aloeides Hubner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 4 (4): 144–155. Full issue PDF. Reference page. 
• Riley, N.D., 1938. Descriptions of new or little known South African Rhopalocera. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 87: 233-245. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Tite, G.E. & Dickson, C.G.C. 1968. The Aloeides thyra complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent) 21 (7): 367–388, 8 pls, 4 text figs. text, plates. Reference page.