Katreus

K. johnstonii

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Katreinae
Genus: Katreus
Species: K. dimidia –K. johnstonii

Name

Katreus Watson, 1893: 115.

Type species: Astictopterus johnstonii Butler, 1887: 573, by original designation.

Synonymy

♦ Choristoneura Mabille, 1889: clvi. (junior homonym of Choristoneura Lederer, 1859, in Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
♦ Katreus Watson, 1893: 115; Evans, 1937ː 16; Lepindex.
♦ Ortholexis Karsch, 1895: 319. TS: Ortholexis melichroptera.
♦ Loxolexis Karsch, 1895: 320. TS: Loxolexis percnoptera. Synonymy in Zhang et al., 2019.
♦ Acallopistes Holland, 1896ː 95. Synonymy in Ackery et al., 1995.
♦ Daratus Lindsey, 1925: 84. This designation was un-necessary, see Hemming, 1967: 141.

References

• Butler, A. G., [1888]. On two small collections of African Lepidoptera received from H. H. Johnston. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887: 567-574. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. BHL Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J. 1896. A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896: 2–107, Pls I–V. Reference page. 
• Karsch, F. 1895. Aethiopische Rhopaloceren II. Entomologische Nachrichten 21: 289–322. Reference page. 
• Lindsey, A.W. 1925. The Types of Hesperioid Genera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 18(1): 75-106. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P., 1889. La description de Lépidoptères Hesperiidae nouveaux. Bulletin des Séances et Bulletin de la Societé Entomologique de France 1889: CXLIX-CL, CLXXXIV. Reference page. 
• Watson, E.Y. 1893. A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893(1): 3–132, 3 pls. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Brockmann, E. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Three new subfamilies of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). ZooKeys 861: 91–105. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.861.34686 Reference page.