Cassionympha cassius, South Africa, Western Cape, Eight Bells.
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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Ypthimina
Genus: Cassionympha
Species: Cassionympha cassius

Name

Cassionympha cassius (Godart, [1824]).

Type locality: none given; probably Western Cape Province of South Africa

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

  • Papilio hyperbius Cramer, 1777, Pap. Exot. 2: 110, Plate 168, C, D (not E, F).
  • Satyrus cassius Godart, 1824: 526.
  • Pseudonympha hyperbioides Wallengren, 1857: 32. South Africa: “Caffraria”.
  • Cassionympha cassius (Godart); van Son, 1955: 97.

References

  • Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
  • van Son, G., 1955. Butterflies of southern Africa. Part II. Nymphalidae: Danainae and Satyrinae. Transvaal Museum Memoirs No. 8: [i]-ix, 1-166. 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. 
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