Hewitsonia kirbyi, from original description.

Taxonavigation

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: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Epitolina
Genus: Hewitsonia
Species: Hewitsonia kirbyi
Subspecies: (2)
H. k. kirbyi H. k. preussi

Name

Hewitsonia kirbyi Dewitz, 1869.

Type locality: Angola: “10E S.B.; 17-22E O.L. von Greenw.”

Holotype: ♂, unique, ?RZMB.

Synonymy

  • Hewitsonia kirbyi Dewitz, 1879: 207, pl.2 fig.17; Stempffer, 1967: 94; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 74.

References

  • Dewitz, H. 1879. Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge. Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldina-Carolinae Germanicum Naturae Curiousorum 41(2): 173–212, 2 pls. Text, pls. Reference page. 
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