Trimenia (Lycaenidae)

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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Trimenia
Species: T. argyroplaga – T. macmasteri – T. malagrida – T. wallengrenii – T. wykehami

Name

Trimenia Tite & Dickson, 1975.

Type species: Zeritis wallengrenii Trimen, 1887: 192.

Synonymy

• Argyrocupha Tite & Dickson, 1975: 234. Type-species: Cigaritis malagrida Wallengren 1857, by original designation. [Synonymized by Heath, 1997: 19.]

References

• Dickson, C.G.C., 1967. Observations on the Cape Lycaenid Phasis malagrida (Wallengren), with the description of a new race. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 79: 123–125, pl. 5. BHL. Reference page. 
• Dickson, C.G.C., 1967e. Some comments on the Phasis wallengrenii (Trimen) group, with a description of a new species. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 79: 267–270, pl. 11. BHL. Reference page. 
• Dickson, C.G.C., 1968. A further new species of the Phasis wallengrenii (Trimen) complex. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 80: 89–92, pl. 5. BHL. Reference page. 
• Heath, A. 1997. A review of African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis. Occasional supplement (2). Full publication, with link to PDF. Reference page. 
• Tite, G.E. & Dickson, C.G.C. 1975. The genus Aloeides and allied genera (Lepidoptera:Lycaenidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Entomology). 29 (5): 225–280, 5 pls, 32 text figs. text, plates. 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. 

Links

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