Aloeides merces

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 merces

Name

Aloeides merces Henning, G. & Henning, S. 1986.

Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal,

Holotype: “Wakkerstroom, 4.xi.1984, (G. A. Henning)”, not located.

Synonymy

• Aloeides merces Henning & Henning, 1986: 339, figs 3, 4, 7, 8; Williams, 2008.

References

• Henning, G. A. & Henning, S. F., 1986. Notes on the genus Aloeides Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with a description of a new species from the Transvaal. J. ent. Soc. S. Afr. 49(2): 337–341. pdf. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.