Apallaga galenus

Taxonavigation

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Tagiadinae
Tribus: Celaenorrhinini
Genus: Apallaga
Species: Apallaga galenus

Name

Apallaga galenus (Fabricius, 1793)

Type locality: Mogbaima, near Moro River, Malema District, Sierra Leone.

Neotype: ABRI. male ♂. 18-22.I.2011. (neotype Hesperia galenus designated by Libert, 2014)

Synonymy

• Hesperia galenus Fabricius, 1793
• Celaenorrhinus galenus (Fabricius, 1793): Dickson & Kroon, 1978 [Referable to biseriata]
• Apallaga galenus (Fabricius, 1793): Libert, 2014: 123.

Food plants

• Clerodendrum paniculatum
• Hypoestes forskaolii

References

Additional references

• Libert, M. 2014. Sur la Taxonomie du Genre Celaenorrhinus Hübner en Afrique (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae): 1-272. Web purchase. Reference page.