Harpendyreus aequatorialis as Lycaena aequatorialis and Cyclirius sharpiae from original descriptions.
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: Harpendyreus
Species: Harpendyreus aequatorialis
Subspecies: (2)
H. a. aequatorialis H. a. vulcanica

Name

Harpendyreus aequatorialis (Sharpe, [1892]).

Type locality: Kenya: “Mount Elgon”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

  • Lycaena aequatorialis Sharpe, [1892]: 637, pl. 48, fig. 5.
  • Cyclyrius sharpiae Butler, 1901: 929, pl. 58, figs 4, 5. Kenya: “Roromo”. Synonymy in Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 41.
  • Harpendyreus aequatorialis sharpiae (Sharpe); Stempffer, 1967: 224.
  • Harpendyreus aequatorialis aequatorialis (Sharpe); Stempffer, 1967: 224; Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 41.

References

  • Butler, A.G. [1901]. On two consignments of butterflies collected by Mr. Richard Crawshay in the Kikuyu country of British East Africa in 1899 and 1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 911–946, Pl.58. text, Plate. Reference page. 
  • Sharpe, E., [1892]. Descriptions of new butterflies collected by Mr. F.J. Jackson, F.Z.S., in British East Africa. Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 633-638. Reference page. 
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