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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Caenides
Species: Caenides xychus

Name

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Caenides xychus (Mabille, 1891)

Typus: HT ♀; Lepindex.

Type locality: West Africa, Sierra Leone.

Synonymy

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  • Proteides xychus Mabille, 1891: 111.
  • Caenides kanguensis feminina (ab.) Strand, 1913: 55; synonym per Evans, 1937: 159.
  • Caenides xychus (Mabille); Evans, 1937: 159, Pl.6 fig.88; Bridges, 1994: VIII.243, IX.10; Ackery, et al., 1995: 124.

References

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Photos

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  • metamorphosis.org: PDF.

Vernacular names

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English: Unbranded Recluse