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: Leona
Species: Leona leonora
Subspecies: L. l. dux –L. l. leonora

Name

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Leona leonora Plötz, 1879.

Type locality: Cameroons, "Victoria".

Typus: tbc

Synonymy

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  • Hesperia leonora Plötz, 1879: 355. (original combination)
  • Leona leonora (Plötz); Evans, 1937: 7, 153; Hemming, 1967: 251.
  • Caenides leonora leonora (Plötz); Kielland, 1990: 249, pl.62.
  • Leona leonora leonora (Plötz); Bridges, 1994: IV.16, VIII.122, IX.34.

References

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Lepindex

Photos

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  • metamorphosis.org.za: [1]

Vernacular names

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English: White-spotted Large Recluse