Aphnaeus orcas

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

Name

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.

Synonymy

• 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.

References

• Berger, L. A., 1953. Aphnaeus nouveaux du Congo Belge. Lambillionea 52: 68–70. Reference page. 
• 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.