Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Aloeides
Species: Aloeides pierus

Aloeides pierus as Papilio pierus Cramer, from original description.
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

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Aloeides pierus (Cramer, 1779).

Type locality: South Africa: “Kaap de Goede Hoop”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

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  • Papilio pierus Cramer, 1779 in Cramer, 1779-80 3 : 84.
  • Papilio euadrus Fabricius, 1787: 89. South Africa: “Cap. Bon. Spei”.
  • Papilio suetonius Fabricius, 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta 3 (1): 320. [West Africa]: “Indiis”. [False locality.]
  • Zeritis pierus (Cramer); Trimen, 1887: 202.
  • Aloeides pierus (Cramer); Stempffer, 1967: 176; Tite & Dickson, 1975: 259; Henning, 1993: 147.

References

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