Hewitsonia kirbyi kirbyi

Hewitsonia kirbyi, from original description.

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: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Epitolina
Genus: Hewitsonia
Species: Hewitsonia kirbyi
Subspecies: Hewitsonia kirbyi kirbyi

Name

Hewitsonia kirbyi kirbyi Dewitz, 1869.

Type locality: Angola: “10E S.B.; 17-22E O.L. von Greenw.”

Holotype: ♂, unique, ?RZMB.

Synonymy

• Hewitsonia kirbyi Dewitz, 1879: 207, pl.2 fig.17; Stempffer, 1967: 94.
• Hewitsonia kirbyi kirbyi Dewitz; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 74.

References

• Dewitz, H. 1879. Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge. Nova Acta Akademiae Caesarea Leopoldina-Carolinae Germanicum Naturae Curiousorum 41(2): 173-212 Pls. 1,2. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.