Zizeeria knysna

Zizeeria knysna, ♂, ♀, Morocco.

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Zizeeria
Species: Zizeeria knysna

Name

Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862).

Type locality: South Africa.

Holotype: not located

Synonymy

• Lycaena knysna Trimen, 1862: 282.
• Papilio lysimon Hübner, [1803]: pl. 105, figs 534-535. [Invalid; junior primary homonym of Papilio lisimon Stoll, [1790] [Riodinidae].]
• Zizera lysimon (Hübner) ; Butler, 1900: 108, pl. 11, fig. 9.
• Zizera knysna (Trimen); Butler, 1900: 108, pl. 11, fig. 10.
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen); D'Abrera, 1980: 550.

References

• Butler, A. G., 1900b. A revision of the butterflies of the genus Zizera represented in the collection of the British Museum. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900: 104 - 110, 1. pl.Reference page. 
• D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
• Hübner, J. 1796–1838 (continued by Geyer, G.) Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. 1 Papiliones: 194 + 8pp, 207 plates, Augsburg. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1862. On some new species of South African butterflies. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)1: 279–291. Archive. Reference page. 

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