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: Euchrysops
Species: Euchrysops osiris

Name

Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)

Type locality: [Mozambique]: “Mossambique”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

  • Lycaena osiris Hopffer, 1855: 642.
  • Lycaena anubis Snellen, 1872: 21 pl. 1, figs 6-9. Democratic Republic of Congo/Angola.
  • Lycaena anubis phoa (var.) Snellen, 1872: 22. Democratic Republic of Congo/Angola.
  • Lycaena pyrrhops Mabille, 1877: 217. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Landana”.
  • Catochrysops cuprescens Sharpe, 1898: 442. Kenya: “Lorogi mountains”.
  • Euchrysops osiris australis (forma) Hulstaert, 1924: 187. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Elisabethville; Nieuwdorp; Elisabethville (r. Lumbumbashi)”. HT: ♀ RMCA, images.
  • Euchrysops osiris orientalis Hulstaert, 1924: 187. Uganda: “Ntebe; Mubendi”. Treated as a synonym of E. osiris by Larsen, 2005. HT: ♂ RMCA, images.
  • Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer); Williams, 2008: Polyommatini 1 125.

References

  • Hopffer, C., 1855. Lepidoptera Diurna. Berichte uber die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855: 639–643. Reference page. 
  • Hulstaert, R. P. G., 1924. Lycaenidae nouveaux des collections du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 12: 112–122, 173-194. Reference page. 
  • Larsen, T.B., 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1-270. Reference page. 
  • Mabille, P., 1877. Catalogue des Lepidopteres du Congo. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France 2: 214–240. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Sharpe, E., 1898. A list of the butterflies collected by Mr. Arthur H. Neumann. In: Neumann, A.H., Elephant hunting in East Equatorial Africa: 437-447. London. Reference page. 
This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.