Lepidochrysops cupreus

Catachrysops cupreus, ♂, ♀, from original description.

Taxonavigation

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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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Lepidochrysops
Species: Lepidochrysops cupreus

Name

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Lepidochrysops cupreus Neave, 1910.

Type locality: Zimbabwe: "N.E. Rhodesia, Mouth of the Chambezi to Manaya".

Syntypes: ["co-types"] OUMNH, 5.xi.1908 (S.A. Neave), ♂ images, ♀ images.

Synonymy

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  • Catachrysops cupreus Neave, 1910: 58, pl.2, figs 9,10.
  • Lepidochrysops cupreus (Neave); Stempffer, 1967: 230.

References

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