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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Ypthimina
Genus: Melampias
Species: M. huebneri – M. southeyi – M. vansoni

Name

Melampias Hübner, 1819

Type species: Papilio hyperbius Linnaeus, 1764 (preoccupied by Papilio hyperbius Linnaeus, 1763)

References

  • Pennington, K.M., 1953: New species and subspecies and other additions to the butterflies of Southern Africa, together with new records of little known species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 16: 94–111.
  • Vári, L., 1971: South African Lepidoptera, 5: Revision of the genus Tarsocera Butler, 1898 and descriptions of new Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 27 (10): 193–223.
  • Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007).
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