Vansomerenia rogersi

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: Vansomerenia
Species: Vansomerenia rogersi

Name

Vansomerenia rogersi Riley, 1932.

Type locality: Tanzania: “Tanganyika Territory, Kongwa, nr. railway, c. 210 m. W. of Dar-es-Salaam”.

Holotype: OUMNH, ♂. Paratype: OUMNH, ♀

Synonymy

• Desmolycaena rogersi Riley, 1932: 149
• Vansomerenia rogersi (Riley); Heath, 1997: 13; Williams, 2008

References

• Riley, N.D. 1932. New African and Arabian butterflies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 10: 137–152, Figs 8,9. 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. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

Links

• Images of holotype. Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
• images of paratype. Oxford University Museum of Natural History.