Azanus moriqua

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Azanus
Species: Azanus moriqua

Azanus moriqua

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

Name

Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857).

Type locality: West Africa, "Caffraria".

Holotype: Not located.

Synonymy

• Lycaena moriqua Wallengren, 1857: 39.
• Lampides sigillata Butler, 1876: 483. Abyssinia, White Nile.
• Lycaena benigna Möschler, 1884: 285, pl. 16, fig. 1.
• Azanus moriqua (Wallengren); Stempffer, 1967: 252; D'Abrera, 1980:552; Williams.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., 1876. On a collection of lepidoptera recently received from Abyssinia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 18: 480-490. Reference page. 
• Möschler, H. B., 1884. Beitrage zur Schmetterlings-Fauna des Kaffernlandes. Ver. der Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 33: 267-310. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallengren, H.D.J. 1857. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838–1845 collecta a J.A. Wahlberg. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (n.s.) 2(4): 55 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Doringboom-bloutjie
English: Thorn-tree blue

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