Gretna balenge balenge

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Gretnini
Genus: Gretna
Species: Gretna balenge
Subspecies: G. b. balenge –G. b. zowa

Name

Gretna balenge balenge Holland, 1891.

Type Locality: Ogowe.

Holotype: USNM.

Synonymy

• Proteides balenge Holland, 1891: 5.
• Caenides balenge (Holland); Holland, 1896: 91.
• Gretna balenge (Holland); Evans, 1937: 151
• Gretna balenge balenge (Holland); Fox, et al., 1965: 119; Bridges, 1994: IX.28.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. Reference page. 
• Fox R.M., Lindsey A.W., Clench H.K. & Miller L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 19: 1–438. BHL. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J., 1891. Descriptions of new species of African Hesperidae. Entomological News 2(1): 3-6. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J. 1896. A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896: 2–107, Pls I–V. Reference page.