Hypolycaena buxtoni buxtoni

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 buxtoni
Sub-Species: Hypolycaena buxtoni buxtoni

Name

Hypolycaena buxtoni buxtoni Hewitson, 1874

Type locality: South Africa: “(River Asuto)”.

Holotype: Not located

Synonymy

• Hypolycaena seamani Trimen, 1874: 332, pl. 2, figs 3-4. South Africa: “Pinetown, Natal”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 120.

References

• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of four new African butterflies. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 10: 205–206. BHL. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 348 figs. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1874. On some new species of South African Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 329-341. text, pl. 2. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.