Trimenia macmasteri

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 macmasteri
Subspecies: (2) [per Mark C. Williams]
T. m. macmasteri – T. m. mijburghi

Name

Trimenia macmasteri (Dickson, 1968).

Type locality: RSA, Eastern Cape Province, Vlekpoort near Hofmeyr.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. Reg. No. Rh. 17023. 23.X.1967. leg. J.C. McMaster.

Synonymy

• Phasis macmasteri Dickson, 1968: 89, pl. 5, figs 1-4.
• Trimenia macmasteri (Dickson); Tite & Dickson, 1975: 234; Pringle et al., 1994: 181; D'Abrera, 2009: 714.
• Trimania macmasteri macmasteri (Dickson); Dickson, 1980: 43; Williams, consulted 22.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., 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. 
• C.G.C. Dickson, 1980. Six further new butterflies from southern Africa. (Concluded from Volume 92, p. 6). Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 92 (2): 38–44. BHL. Reference page. 
• Pringle, Henning & Ball [Eds], 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa 2nd edn. Struik Winchester, Cape Town: 1-800. 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. 

Links

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