Aphnaeus orcas

Taxonavigation

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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

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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

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  • 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

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