Azanus isis

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: Polyommatini
Genus: Azanus
Species: Azanus isis

Name

Azanus isis (Drury, 1773).

Type locality: Sierra Leone.

Holotype: Not located.

Synonymy

• Papilio isis Drury, 1773: 5, pl 3, figs. 4,5.
• Papilio caeruleoalbus Goeze, 1779: 212. Sierra Leone: “der Siera-leonische weissgeflekte Bläuling” [the Sierra Leone white-flecked little blue].
• Papilio camillus Cramer, 1780 4 (25): 20, pl. 300, figs A, B. Sierra Leone: “Siera Leona”.
• Hesperia isarchus Fabricius, 1793: 316. “Habitat in America”. [False locality.]
• Castalius isis (Drury); Lewis, 1974: pl. 121, f. 6.
• Azanus isis (Drury); D'Abrera, 1980: 551; Williams.
• Azanus (Azanisis) isis Kemal, 2004.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
• Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. Reference page. 
• Drury, D. 1770–1782. Illustrations of Natural History London, White. Vol.l (1770): xxviii+130+[2]pp, 50+1 pls, 4 figs; Vol.2 (1773): vii+90pp, 50 pls; Vol.3 (1782): vii+76pp, 50 pls. Vol.1; Vol.2; Vol.3. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Goeze, J.A.E. 1779. Entomologische Beytrage zu des Ritter Linne zwolften Ausgabe des Natursystems. Vol. 3 (1) Insecta, Lepidoptera. Leipzig, Bey Weidmanns erben und reich, 390 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Kemal, M., 2004. On the butterflies of the Soutpansberg Mountains (South Africa) (Lepidoptera). Centre for Entomological Studies Miscellaneous Papers 88-89: 1–13.
• Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.