Monile gemmifera

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Monile
Species: Monile gemmifera
Subspecies (2):
M. g. gemmifera – M. g. maculata

Monile gemmifera, ♂, Zimbabwe, as Lycaenesthes gemmifera Neave, 1910.

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

Name

Monile gemmifera (Neave, 1910).

Type locality: Zambia: “Petauke, Luangwa valley”.

Holotype: OUMNH. male ♂. 16.III.1905. leg. S.A. Neave. images.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes gemmifera Neave, 1910: 54, pl. 2, fig 5.
• Monile pluricauda Ungemach 1932: 90. Ethiopia. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 197.
• Neurellipes gemmifera (Neave); Stempffer, 1967: 197.
• Anthene (Neurellipes) gemmifera (Neave); Williams, 2008.
• Monile gemmifera (Neave); Libert, 2010: 371.

References

• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page. 
• Neave, S.A., 1910. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 2–86 text plates. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Ungemach, H., 1932. Contribution a l'étude des lépidoptères d'Abyssinie; Premiere partie, Rhopalocères. Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phy. Maroc. 32: 1-122, 2 pls., 1 map. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.