Euchrysops nilotica

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: Euchrysops
Species: Euchrysops nilotica

Name

Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904).

Type locality: Sudan: “To the South of Kaka”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Cupido malathana nilotica (var.) Aurivillius, 1904: 3; image.
• Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius); Williams, 2008: Polyommatini 1: 123.

References

• Aurivillius, P., 1904. Lepidoptera. In: Jägerskiöld, L.A. Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile. Part 1: 9 pp., 3 figs. Uppsala, Sweden. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.