Cacyreus lingeus

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Cacyreus
Species: Cacyreus lingeus

Cacyreus lingeus, as Papilio lingeus Stoll, from original description.

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

Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782).

Type locality: South Africa: “Cap de bonne Espérance”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Papilio lingeus Stoll, 1782: 176, pl. 379, figs F, G.
• Papilio ericus Fabricius, 1793: 281. [Africa]: “Habitat in India Dom.”. [False locality.]
• Cupido lingeus (Stoll); Aurivillius, 1898: 368.
• Cupido lingeus ciliaris (var.) Aurivillius, 1910: 9. Tanzania: “Meru-Berg in Regenwalde zwischen 3000 und 3500 m”.
• Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll); Butler, 1898: 845; Sharpe, 1901: 283; Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 33.

References

• Aurivillius, C. [1899]. RHOPALOCERA ǼTHIOPICA; die Tagfalter des Ǽthiopischen Faunengebietes… 31(5): 1-561. Reference page. 
• Aurivillius, P., 1910. Lepidoptera. In: Sjöstedt, B.Y. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-OstAfrikas 1905-1906 2 (9): 56 pp. Stockholm. Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., [1898]. On three consignments of butterflies collected in Natal in 1896 and 1897 by Mr. Guy A. Marshall. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1897(4): 835–857, pl. 50. BHL text, plate. 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. 
• Sharpe, E., 1901. A list of lepidoptera collected by Mr. Ewart S. Grogon in central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 8: 278-286. Reference page. 
• Stoll, C. 1780–1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht. Part 4 + Suppl. Pt.4 [1780]: 29–90, pls 305–336; [1781]: 91–164, pls 337–372; [1782]: 165–252, pls 373–400; Suppl [1787]: 1–42, pls 1–8; [1790]: 43–184, pls 9–42. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.