Vanessa dimorphica

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Taxonavigation edit

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Nymphalini
Genus: Vanessa
Species: Vanessa dimorphica
Subspecies: V. d. aethiopica – V. d. comoroica – V. d. dimorphica – V. d. mortoni – V. d. upembana

Name edit

Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966).

Type locality: Uganda, Ruwenzori range, Namwamba Valley, 6,500 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. XII.1934–I.1935. leg. T.H.E. Jackson.

Synonymy edit

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Bouyer, T. 2010. Description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce d’Antanartia du Katanga (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Entomologia Africana 15(1): 19–21. Addenda corrigenda in 16(2): 48. ResearchGate Reference page
  • Williams, M.C., 2008: Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea.