Aloeides stevensoni

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 stevensoni

Name

Aloeides stevensoni Tite & Dickson, 1975.

Type locality: Zimbabwe, "Rhodesia: Rusape". [False locality, see Williams, 2008 - recte South Africa (Limpopo Province)].

Holotype: ♂ NHMBZ: "vi.1926 (R. H. R. Stevenson), (NMR, Bulawayo)".

Synonymy

• Phasis taikosama (Wallengren); Stevenson, 1937: pl. 1, fig. 3. Misidentification.
• Aloeides stevensoni Tite & Dickson, 1975: 250, pl. 3, figs 108, 125; Henning, 1993: 146; Williams, 2008.

References

• Henning, G.A. 1993. Revisional notes on the genus Aloeides Hubner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 4 (4): 144–155. Full issue PDF. Reference page. 
• Stevenson, R.H.R., 1937. Lycaenidae of the northern and north-eastern parts of the South African subregion. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 1 (6): 14-38, 3 pls. Reference page. 
• Tite, G.E. & Dickson, C.G.C. 1975. The genus Aloeides and allied genera (Lepidoptera:Lycaenidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Entomology). 29 (5): 225–280, 5 pls, 32 text figs. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.