Anthene lunulata grosei

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Anthene
Species: Anthene lunulata
Subspecies: Anthene lunulata grosei

Name

Anthene lunulata grosei (Aurivillius, 1899).

Type locality: Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Neotype: MNHN. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes grosei Aurivillius, [1899]: 347.
• =Lycaenesthes lunulata Trimen; Bethune-Baker, 1910: 40; Stempffer, 1967: 192.
• Lycaenesthes aquilonis Hulstaert, 1924: 181. HT ♂ RMCA, Congo, images.
• Anthene lunulata aquilonis (Hulstaert); Stempffer, 1967: 192.
• =Anthene (Anthene) lunulata (Trimen); Williams, 2008.
• Anthene lunulata grosei (Aurivillius); Libert, 2010: 121.

References

• Aurivillius, C. [1899]. RHOPALOCERA ǼTHIOPICA; die Tagfalter des Ǽthiopischen Faunengebietes… 31(5): 1-561. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
• Hulstaert, R.P.G. 1924. Lycaenidae nouveaux des collections du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 12: 112–122, 173–194. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. 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., 1894. On the collection of butterflies made in Manica, tropical south-east Africa, by Mr. F.C. Selous, in the year 1892. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 14-82. BHL. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.