Anthene definita, ♀, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Anthene
Species: Anthene definita
Subspecies: A. d. definita A. d. nigrocaudata

Name

Anthene definita (Butler, 1899).

Type locality: South Africa, Natal, karkloof

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. 17.II.1897. leg. G.A.K. Marshall.

Synonymy

  • Lycaenesthes definita Butler, 1899: 342.
  • Lycaenesthes chirinda Bethune-Baker, 1910 (Synonymized by Libert, 2010: 70). 27.
    • Type locality: Zimbabwe, Gazaland, Chirinda Forest.
    • Type BMNH.
  • Anthene definita (Butler); Stempffer, 1967: 191; Williams, 2008: File M, page 22.

References

  • Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
  • Butler, A. G., 1899. Descriptions of new species of the genus Lycaenesthes. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 4:341-344. BHL Reference page. 
  • Libert, M., 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea, 1-420. Reference page. 
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