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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Tuxentius
Species: Tuxentius carana
Subspecies: T. c. carana –T. c. kontu

Name

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Tuxentius carana (Hewitson), [1876].

Type locality: Africa; Angola.

Typus: HT ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

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  • Lycaena carana Hewitson, [1876]: 88, Pl.46 Fig.6.
  • Cupido carana Aurivillius, in Seitz, [1924]: 467, Pl.73c.
  • Castalius carana [Hewitson]; Lepindex.
  • Tuxentius caraena caraena [Hewitson]; Bridges, 1988: I.70. Mis-spelling.
  • Tuxentius carana carana [Hewitson]; Ackery et al., 1995: 645.

References

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