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

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Monile gemmifera (Neave, 1910).

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

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

Synonymy

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  • 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

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