Oxylides faunus faunus

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Oxylidini
Genus: Oxylides
Species: Oxylides faunus
Subspecies: Oxylides faunus faunus

Name

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Oxylides faunus faunus (Drury, [1773]).

Type locality: West Africa, Ghana.

Neotype: ♀ BMNH: "Bendu, Sierra Leone, 11.viii.1912 (J. J. Simpson); Neallotype ♂ BMNH: "Sierra Leone, (Capt. Skinner); both designated by Libert, 2004: 146.

Synonymy

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  • Papilio faunus Drury, [1773]: pl. 1, figs 4, 5.
  • Hesperia hesiodus Fabricius, 1793: 260.
  • Oxylides faunus (Drury); Scudder, 1875: 234
  • Oxylides faunus faunus (Drury);Stempffer, 1967: 115; Libert, 2004: 146.

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