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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Fresna
Species: Fresna nyassae

Name

Fresna nyassae Hewitson, 1878.

Type Locality: Kenya, "Nyassa".

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Hesperia nyassae Hewitson, 1878: 345.
  • Parnara nyassae ennuari Riley, 1921: 257, pl.7 figs 15,16.
  • Fresna nyassae (Hewitson); Lewis, 1974: pl. 129, f. 13; Larsen, 1996: 430, pl.63 fig.849.

References

  • Hewitson, 1878. Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5(1): 340–347. BHL Reference page. 
  • Larsen, T.B., 1996: The Butterflies of Kenya and Their Natural History. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 1–500. Reference page. 
  • Lewis, H.L. 1974. Butterflies of the World, xvi + 312pp., 208 pls. Harrap, London. ISBN 0-245-52097-X Reference page. 
  • Riley, N.D., 1921. Notes on the Rhopalocera of the Dollman collection. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 69(3/4): 234-259, pls.4-7. Reference page. 
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