Spalgis lemolea

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Miletinae
Tribus: Spalgini
Genus: Spalgis
Species: Spalgis lemolea
Sub-Species: (2), [per Williams]
S. l. lemolea – S. l. pilos

Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890.

Type locality: Nigeria: "Lagos".

Holotype: not located.

Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890: 26.
Spalgis latimarginata Sharpe, 1890: 347. Senegal/Gambia. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 185.
Spalgis s-signata Holland, 1890: 426. Gabon. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 185.
Spalgis lemolea lemolea Druce; Williams, consulted 25.iii.2015.

Druce, H.H. 1890. Descriptions of twelve new species of Lycaenidae from West Africa and one from the Solomon Islands, in the collection of Herbert Druce. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 5: 24–31. BHL. Reference page.
Holland, W.J., 1890. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 5: 423–431. Reference page.
Sharpe, E., 1890. Descriptions of some new species of African butterflies in the collection of Captain G.E. Shelley. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 6: 103-106, 346-350. BHL1, BHL2. 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.

Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. Spalgis Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.