Aphnaeus orcas

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Aphnaeus
Species: Aphnaeus orcas

Aphnaeus orcas (Drury, [1782]).

Type locality: nec "Surinam", recte Sierra Leone.

Neotype: ♂ BMNH: Sierra Leone, Banta, 8.x.1903. Neallotype: ♀ BMNH: Sierra Leone, Moyamba, 10.i.1902. Designations by Libert, 2013: 23.

Papilio orcas Drury, [1782]: 46, pl. 34, figs 2, 3.
Aphnaeus guttatus Plötz, 1880: 201. Ghana.
Aphnaeus hollandi Butler, 1902: 49, pl. 1 fig. 7. Congo, ♂, BMNH.
Aphnaeus orcas hollandi Butler, 1902, sensu Stempffer, 1954: 195.
Aphnaeus rattrayi Sharpe, 1904: 203. W. Uganda, Toro, ♂, BMNH.
Aphnaeus orcas heliodorus (var.) Schutze, 1912: 112. Cameroon. Syntypes: Stuttgart, Berlin.
Aphnaeus orcas overlaeti (♀ forma) Berger, 1953: 70. Zaire, MRAC images.
Aphnaeus orcas fontainei (♀ forma) Berger, 1953: 70. Zaire, MRAC images.
Aphnaeus orcas paupera (forma) Stempffer, 1954: 498. Zaire, Uganda, BMNH.
Aphnaeus orcas (Drury); Libert, 2013: 21, pl. 1.

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Butler, A. G., 1902. On two collections of lepidoptera made by Sir Harry Johnston, K.C.B., in the Uganda Protectorate during the year 1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902: 44–51. BHL. Reference page.
Drury, [1782]. Illustrations of Natural History Vol 3: 76 + 2 pp. London. BHL. Reference page.
Libert, M., 2013. Révision du genre Aphnaeus Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), 100pp, 13 pls. A.B.R.I., Nairobi, Kenya. Reference page.
Plötz, C. 1880. Verzeichniss der vom Professor Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika – vom 5.Gr. nordl. Bis. 3.Gr. sudl, Breite, auf dem Cameroons-Gebirge in unge fahrer hohe von 4000 Fuss und auf der Insel Fernando-Po, vom August 1872 bis November 1875 – gesammelten Schmetterlinge. Entomologische Zeitung 41: Heterocera 76–88; Rhopalocera 189–206; 306-307. Reference page.
Schultze, A., 1916. Neue Rhopaloceren aus Kamerun. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte A 81(11): 110-112. BHL. Reference page.
Sharpe, E., 1904. On new species of butterflies from equatorial Africa. Entomologist. 37: 202-204. BHL. Reference page.
Stempffer, H., 1954. A revision of the genus Aphnaeus Hübner. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 105: 493-527. Abstract: DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1954.tb00775.x Reference page.