Chilades naidina

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Chilades
Species: Chilades naidina

Chilades naidina, ♂, Somaliland, from original description by Butler.

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

Chilades naidina (Butler, [1886]).

Type locality: Somalia. [In part.]

Holotype: ♂ BMNH "Somalia, 85. 16./ BMNH(E) #265107".

Synonymy

• Catochrysops naidina Butler, [1886]: 762. pl. 47, fig. 2.
• Lycaena pulchristriata Bethune-Baker, 1905a: 495. Lectotype, ♂ BMNH, Kenya: “Kikuyu Escarpment” (W. Doherty), 6500-9000 ft., designated by Bálint, 1999: 54.
• Lepidochrysops naidina (Butler); Ackery et al., 1995.
• Chilades naidina (Butler); Bálint, 1999: 46; Williams, 2008: 151.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Bálint, Z.,1999. Annotated list of type specimens of Polyommatus sensu Eliot of the Natural History Museum, London (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). PDF. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 46: 3–82. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1905. Some notes on the Lycaenidae collected by Doherty on the Kikuyu escarpmant, now in the Tring museum. Novit. zool. 12: 492–496. BHL. Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., [1886]. An account of two collections of Lepidoptera recently received from Somali-land. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(4): 756–776, pl. 47. Reference page. 
• Grose-Smith, H., 1898. Descriptions of new Species of African Butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novit. zool. 5(3): 350–358. BHL. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

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