Thestor basutus basutus

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: Miletinae
Tribus: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Thestor
Species: Thestor basutus
Species: Thestor basutus basutus

Name

Thestor basutus basutus (Wallengren, 1857).

Type locality: [South Africa]: “Caffraria [Eastern Cape Province]”.

Holotype: NRM, Stockholm. images.

Synonymy

  • Zerythis? basuta [sic] Wallengren, 1857: 46.
  • Zeritis zaraces Hewitson, 1874: 354. “South Africa”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 183.
  • Arrugia basuta (Wallengren); Trimen & Bowker, 1887: 231, pl. 9, figs 8, 8a.
  • Thestor basuta (Wallengren); Stempffer, 1967: 183; D'Abrera, 2009: 692.
  • Thestor basutus (Wallengren); Swanepoel, 1953a; Dickson & Kroon, 1978; Pringle et al., 1994: 152; Williams, consulted 25.iii.2015.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page. 
  • C.G.C. Dickson, 1978. List of southern African lycaenid subfamilies and genera, in approximate systematic sequence. In: Dickson, C.G.C., & Kroon, D.M. [Eds]. Pennington’s butterflies of southern Africa. A.D. Donker, Johannesburg: 1–670. Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 22(3): 343–355. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Pringle, Henning & Ball [Eds], 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa 2nd edn. Struik Winchester, Cape Town: 1-800. Reference page. 
  • Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
  • Trimen, R., 1887. In Trimen, R. & Bowker, J.H. South-African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2: Erycinidae and Lycaenidae. vi + 242 pp, pls 7–9. London. (Text, plates)Reference page. 
  • Wallengren, H.D.J. 1857. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum a J.A. Wahlberg. Oversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akadeniens Forhandlingar. Stockholm annis 1838-1845. Collecta (n.s.) 2(4): 55 pp. BHL Reference page. 
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