Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Cupidopsis
Species: Cupidopsis jobates
Subspecies: Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica

Name

Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica Riley, 1932.

Type locality: Mauritania: “between Kiffa and Tidjidja”.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 1931. legit M. Steele.

Synonymy

• Cupidopsis mauritanica Riley, 1932: 141 (original combination)
• Cupidopsis jobates mauritanica (Riley): Larsen, 2005a, stat. rev.; Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 7.
• Cupidopsis iobates uranochroa Ungemach, 1932
  • Type locality: riv. Sobat, Ethiopie
    • Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. 26.VIII.1926. legit H. Ungemach.

References

Primary references

• Riley, N.D. 1932. New African and Arabian butterflies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 10: 137–152, Figs 8,9. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.