Azanus moriqua
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: Polyommatini
Genus: Azanus
Species: Azanus moriqua

Name

Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857).

Type locality: West Africa, "Caffraria".

Holotype: Not located.

Synonymy

  • Lycaena moriqua Wallengren, 1857: 39.
  • Lampides sigillata Butler, 1876: 483. Abyssinia, White Nile.
  • Lycaena benigna Möschler, 1884: 285, pl. 16, fig. 1.
  • Azanus moriqua (Wallengren); Stempffer, 1967: 252; D'Abrera, 1980:552; Williams.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
  • Butler, A. G., 1876. On a collection of lepidoptera recently received from Abyssinia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 18: 480-490. Reference page. 
  • Möschler, H. B., 1884. Beitrage zur Schmetterlings-Fauna des Kaffernlandes. Ver. der Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 33: 267-310. Reference page. 
  • Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
  • Wallengren, H.D.J. 1857. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum a J.A. Wahlberg. Oversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akadeniens Forhandlingar. Stockholm annis 1838-1845. Collecta (n.s.) 2(4): 55 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Doringboom-bloutjie
English: Thorn-tree blue
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