Trimenia argyroplaga

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: Trimenia argyroplaga
Subspecies: (2), per Mark C. Williams
T. a. argyroplaga – T. a. cardouwae

Name

Trimenia argyroplaga (Dickson, 1967).

Type locality: RSA, Western Cape Province, Karroo hills (western portion of Wagenbooms Bergen) between Matroosberg (formerly Triangle) Railway Station and Eendracht.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. Reg. No. Rh. 18612. 13.XI.1966. leg. C.G.C. Dickson.

Synonymy

• Zeritis wallengrenii Var. A. Trimen, 1887: 193.
• Phasis argyroplaga Dickson, 1967: 268.
• Trimenia argyroplaga argyroplaga (Dickson); Tite & Dickson, 1975: 234; Dickson & Kroon, 1978; Williams, consulted 22.iii.2015.
• Trimenia argyroplaga (Dickson); Pringle et al., 1994: 178; D'Abrera, 2009: 714.

References

• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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.