Chrysoritis phosphor

Taxonavigation

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Chrysoritis
Species: Chrysoritis phosphor
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2008.
C. p. borealis – C. p. phosphor

Name

Chrysoritis phosphor Trimen, 1864.

Type locality: South Africa: “Bashee River, Kaffraria”.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Zeritis phosphor Trimen, 1864: 178.
• Poecilmitis phosphor (Trimen). Quickelberge 1972 [comb. nov.]
• Chrysoritis phosphor (Trimen). Heath, 1997 [comb. nov.]; Williams, 2008.

References

• 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. 
• Quickelberge, C. D., 1972. A study of Poecilmitis phosphor (Trimen) (Lycaenidae: Lepidoptera). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 84(4): 85-94, 1 Fig. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R. 1864. Descriptions of some new species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)2: 175-180. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.