Chrysoritis felthami

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Chrysoritis
Species: Chrysoritis felthami
Subspecies: C. f. dukei – C. f. felthami

Chrysoritis felthami as Zeritis felthami, from Trimen, 1904

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

Chrysoritis felthami (Trimen, 1904)

Type locality: RSA, Cape Peninsula, Muizenberg, Vlei.

Holotype: BMNH. 13.IV.1900 (but see Villet, 1982)

Synonymy

• Zeritis felthami Trimen, 1904: 233, pl. 19, figs 2, 2a
• Poecilmitis felthami (Trimen); Stempffer, 1967: 178
• Poecilmitis felthami felthami (Trimen); Villet, 1982: 21.
• Chrysoritis felthami (Trimen); Heath, 1997; Williams, 2008.

References

• Trimen, R. 1904. On some new or imperfectly-known forms of South-African butterflies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1904: 231–246, pls 19, 20. Reference page.  [see page 233, pl. 19, figs 2, 2a]
• 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.  [see page 178]
• Dickson, C.G.C. 1967. A new subspecies of the Cape Lycaenid Poecilmitis felthami (Trimen). The Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 79: 65–66. Reference page. 
• Villet, M. 1982. Discovery of cotypes of Poecilmitis felthami felthami (Trimen) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Feltham collection Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 45(1): 21. hdl: 10520/AJA00128789_2570 Reference page. 
• Heath, A. 1997. A review of African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis. Occasional supplement (2). Full publication, with link to PDF. 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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