Hypoleucis sophia

Taxonavigation edit

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: Hypoleucis
Species: Hypoleucis sophia

Name edit

Hypoleucis sophia (Evans, 1937)

Type locality: Cameroon (Bitje).

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonymy edit

  • Hypoleucis sophia Evans, 1937: 124, Pl.4 Fig.66; Bridges, 1994: VIII.211, IX.32; Ackery,Smith,Vane-Wright, 1995: 108; Zhang et al., 2022: 41

References edit

Photos edit

  • www.metamorphosis.org.za: [1]

Vernacular names edit

English: Scarce Costus Skipper