Hypolycaena auricostalis

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Hypolycaenini
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: Hypolycaena auricostalis
Sub-Species: H. a. auricostalis – H. a. frommi

Name

Hypolycaena auricostalis (Butler, 1897)

Type locality: Malawi, “Kasitu River, Angoni county, W. of Lake Nyassa”.

Holotype: Not located

Synonymy

• Iolaus auricostalis Butler, 1897: 832, Pl. 41, Fig. 7.
  
• Hypolycaena sebasta Hulstaert, 1924:176. HT: ♀ RMCA, Democratic Republic of Congo, “Elisabethville”, x.1911, (Miss Agric), images.

References

• Butler, A.G. [1897]. On two collections of Lepidoptera made by Mr. Richard Crawshay in Nyasa-Land. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896(4): 817–850, pls 41,42. BHL, plates. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from [1] Afrotropical Butterflies.