Chrysoritis swanepoeli hyperion

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 swanepoeli
Subspecies: Chrysoritis swanepoeli hyperion

Name

Chrysoritis swanepoeli hyperion (Dickson, C.G.C., 1975).

Type locality: South Africa: “Western Cape Province: Zwartberg Pass ”.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Poecilmitis hyperion Dickson, 1975: 229, pl.7, figs 4,5,9,10.
• Chrysoritis swanepoeli (Dickson); Heath, 2001: 91.
• Chrysoritis swanepoeli hyperion (Dickson); Heath & Pringle, 2007.
• Chrysoritis swanepoeli hyperioni [sic] (Dickson); Williams, 2008.

References

• Dickson, C.G.C., 1975. Three new Poecilmitis Butler (Lep.: Lycaenidae) from the South Western Cape. The Entomologists Record and Journal of Variation 87(9): 225–231, pls 7,8. text. pl. 7, pl.8. Reference page. 
• Heath, A., 2001. New synonymies and taxonomic notes on the genus Chrysoritis Butler (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 12(3): 85–98. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.