Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Miletinae
Tribus: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Thestor
Species (alphabetic): T. barbatus – T. basutus – T. brachycerus – T. braunsi – T. calviniae – T. camdeboo – T. claasensi – T. coetzeri – T. compassbergae – T. dicksoni – T. dryburghi – T. holmesi – T. kaplani – T. montanus – T. murrayi – T. overbergensis – T. penningtoni – T. petra – T. pictus – T. pringlei – T. protumnus – T. rileyi – T. rooibergensis – T. rossouwi – T. stepheni – T. strutti – T. vansoni – T. yildizae
Name
Thestor Hubner, 1819: 73.
Type Species: Papilio petalus Cramer, designated by Scudder, 1875: 281.
Synonymy
- Arrugia Wallengren, 1872, TS Papilio protumnus Linnaeus, 1764: 340, designated by Röber, 1892: 277.
Sub-Generic Groups
Species Groups sensu Heath & Pringle, 2004.
basutus Species Group
brachycerus Species Group
T. barbatus – T. brachycerus – T. claasensi – T. holmesi – T. overbergensis – T. penningtoni – T. petra – T. rileyi – T. stepheni – T. yildizae
braunsi Species Group
T. braunsi – T. calviniae – T. dicksoni – T. montanus – T. pictus – T. rooibergensis – T. strutti – T. vansoni
compassbergi Species Group
murrayi Species Group
rossouwi Species Group
References
- Heath, A., & Pringle, E.L., 2004. A review of the southern African genus Thestor Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae). Metamorphosis 15(3): 91–151. pdf. Reference page.
- Hübner, J. 1816–1826. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg. Papilionoidea. BHL Reference page.
- Pringle, E.L. & Heath, A. 2019. A new species of Thestor Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae) from the Clanwilliam region of the Western Cape, South Africa. Metamorphosis 30: 51–54. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Röber, J., 1892. In Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., Exot. Schmett. 2. Die Familien und Gattungen der Tagfalter (6), 284pp., 50 pls. Bayern, Fürth. Reference page.
- Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293. BHL Reference page.
Links
- Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. Thestor Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.