Euchrysops osiris

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

Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)

Lycaena osiris Hopffer, 1855: 642.
Lycaena anubis Snellen, 1872: 21, pl. 1, figs 6–9. Democratic Republic of Congo/Angola.
Lycaena anubis phoa (var.) Snellen, 1872: 22. Democratic Republic of Congo/Angola.
Lycaena pyrrhops Mabille, 1877: 217. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Landana”.
Catochrysops cuprescens Sharpe, 1898: 442. Kenya: “Lorogi mountains”.
Euchrysops osiris australis (forma) Hulstaert, 1924: 187. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Elisabethville; Nieuwdorp; Elisabethville (r. Lumbumbashi)”.
- Holotype: ♀ RMCA. Images.
Euchrysops osiris orientalis Hulstaert, 1924: 187. Uganda: “Ntebe; Mubendi”. Treated as a synonym of E. osiris by Larsen, 2005.
- Holotype: ♂ RMCA. Images.
Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer); Williams, 2008: Polyommatini 1 125.

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Hulstaert, R.P.G. 1924. Lycaenidae nouveaux des collections du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 12: 112–122, 173–194. Reference page.
Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page.
Mabille, P. 1877. Catalogue des Lepidoptères du Congo. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France 2: 214–240. Reference page.
Sharpe, E. 1898. A list of the butterflies collected by Mr. Arthur H. Neumann. In: Neumann, A.H., Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa: 437–447. London. Reference page.
Snellen, P.C.T. 1872. Bijdrage tot de Vlinder-Faune van Neder-Guinea, zuidwestelijk gedeelte van Afrika. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 15: 1–112. Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.