Thestor basutus basutus
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Miletinae
Tribus: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Thestor
Species: Thestor basutus
Species: Thestor basutus basutus
Name
editThestor basutus basutus (Wallengren, 1857).
Type locality: [South Africa]: “Caffraria [Eastern Cape Province]”.
Holotype: NRM, Stockholm. images.
Synonymy
edit- Zerythis? basuta [sic] Wallengren, 1857: 46.
- Zeritis zaraces Hewitson, 1874: 354. “South Africa”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 183.
- 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 & Kroon, 1978; Pringle et al., 1994: 152; Williams, consulted 25.iii.2015.
References
edit- D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page.
- C.G.C. Dickson, 1978. List of southern African lycaenid subfamilies and genera, in approximate systematic sequence. In: Dickson, C.G.C., & Kroon, D.M. [Eds]. Pennington’s butterflies of southern Africa. A.D. Donker, Johannesburg: 1–670. Reference page.
- Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 22(3): 343–355. 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
edit- Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. Thestor Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.