Argyraspodes argyraspis, ♂, ♀, from Trimen, 1873.

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
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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Argyraspodes
Species: Argyraspodes argyraspis

Name

Argyraspodes argyraspis (Trimen, 1873).

Type locality: RSA, Cape Province, between Somerset E and Murraysburg.

Syntypes: BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Zeritis argyraspis Trimen, 1873: 114, pl. 1, figs 7, 8.
  • Phasis argyraspis labuschagnei (form) van Son, 1959: 57. Botswana: “Nossob River bed, 10 miles north of Twee Rivieren”. Synonymy in Williams, 2008.
  • Argyraspodes argyraspis (Trimen); Tite & Dickson, 1975: 233; Williams, 2008.

References

  • 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. 
  • Trimen, R., 1873. On some new species of butterflies discovered in extra-tropical Southern Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 101–124, pl.1. text, plate. Reference page. 
  • van Son, G., 1959. On some butterflies of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, with descriptions of three new forms. Koedoe (2): 52-59. pdf. Reference page. 
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