Caenides dacela

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Caenides
Species: Caenides dacela

Name

Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)

Type locality: [Equatorial Guinea]: “Fernando Po”, Malabo.

Typus: Syntypes ♂,♀ BMNH

Synonymy

♦ Hesperia dacela Hewitson, 1876: 451.
♦ Hesperia nydia Plötz, 1879: 353. MS plate #325. TL: "Eningo".
♦ Caenides dacela (Hewitson); Aurivillius, in Seitz, [1924]: 515, Pl.83; Evans, 1937: 158; Bridges, 1994: VIII.160, IX.10; Ackery, et al., 1995: 123.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page. 
• Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. 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. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1876. Descriptions of twenty-five new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)18(108): 449–457. Reference page. 
• Plötz, C. 1879. Verzeichniss der vom verstorbenen Prof. Dr. R. Bucholz in West Africa - beim Meerbusen von Guinea - gesammelten Hesperien. Entomologische Zeitung 40: 353–364. Reference page. 

Links

Lepindex; Metamorphosis PDF.

Vernacular names

English: Common Recluse