Aloeides molomo

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

Name

Aloeides molomo Trimen, 1870.

Type locality: "Koro Koro".

Holotype: ♀ xii.1868 (Bowker).

Zeritis molomo Trimen, 1870: 373, pl. 6, fig. 9; 1904: 238, pl. 19, figs 4, 4a.
Aloeides molomo Trimen; Henning, 1993: 147.
Aloeides molomo molomo (Trimen); Stempffer, 1967: 176.

Henning, G.A. 1993. Revisional notes on the genus Aloeides Hubner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 4 (4): 144–155. Full issue PDF. 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.
Trimen, R., 1870. Notes on butterflies collected by J.H. Bowker, Esq., in Basuto-land, South Africa; with descriptions of some new species. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1870: 341–390.Reference page.
Trimen, R. 1904. On some new or imperfectly-known forms of South-African butterflies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1904: 231–246, pls 19, 20. Reference page.

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