Cacyreus tespis

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Cacyreus
Species: Cacyreus tespis
Subspecies: (2)
C. t. ghimirra – C. t. tespis

Cacyreus tespis

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 tespis (Herbst, [1804]).

Type locality: South Africa: “der Kap”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Papilio tespis Herbst, [1804] 11: 270.
• Cacyreus palemon palemon (Cramer) [sic]; Stempffer, 1967: 206.
• Cacyreus tespis (Herbst); Stempffer, 1967: 206; Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 36.

References

• Herbst, J. F. W., 1788-1804. In Jablonsky, Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten; Schmetterlinge. 11 Vols. Berlin, Pauli. 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. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.