Thestor basutus

Thestor basutus

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: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Thestor
Species: Thestor basutus
Species: T. b. basutus – T. b. capeneri

Name

Thestor basutus (Wallengren, 1857).

Type locality: [South Africa]: “Caffraria [Eastern Cape Province]”.

Holotype: NRM, Stockholm. images.

Synonymy

• Zerythis? basuta [sic] Wallengren, 1857: 46.
• Arrugia basuta (Wallengren); Trimen & Bowker, 1887: 231, pl. 9, figs 8, 8a.
• Thestor basuta (Wallengren); Stempffer, 1967: 183; D'Abrera, 2009: 692.
• Thestor basutus (Wallengren); Swanepoel, 1953a; Dickson, 1972: 253, pl. 16; Pringle et al., 1994: 152; Williams, consulted 25.iii.2015.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page. 
• Dickson, C.G.C., 1972. Observations on and a description of a race of Thestor basutus (Wallengren) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 84: 253–256. BHL. Reference page. 
• Pringle, Henning & Ball [Eds], 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa 2nd edn. Struik Winchester, Cape Town: 1-800. 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. 
• Trimen, R., 1887. In Trimen, R. & Bowker, J.H. South-African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2: Erycinidae and Lycaenidae. vi + 242 pp., pls 7–9 London. Reference page. 
• Wallengren, H.D.J. 1857. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838–1845 collecta a J.A. Wahlberg. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (n.s.) 2(4): 55 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

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