Uranothauma falkensteinii from Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 1909
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: Uranothauma
Species: Uranothauma falkensteinii

Name

Uranothauma falkensteinii (Dewitz, 1879).

Type locality: Angola: “Guinea auf dem 10E S.B., zwischen dem 17-22E O.L. von Greenw.”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

  • Note: Original spelling of falkensteinii has been repeatedly misread by subsequent authors as falkensteini.
  • Plebeius falkensteinii Dewitz, 1879: 204, pl. 25, fig. 5.
  • Uranothauma falkensteini [sic] (Dewitz); Butler, [1901]: 928; Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 20.
  • Uranothauma falkensteinii (Dewitz); Heron, 1909: 161, pl.5 figs 19,20.
  • Uranothauma falkensteini umbra (♀ forma) Talbot, 1935: 148. Kenya: “Dabida, ca. 100 miles north-west of Mombasa, Wusi, ca. 4,200 ft”. Type: ♀ OUMNH, images.
  • Uranothauma falkensteini albescens (forma) Stoneham, 1937: 3. Kenya: “East Surrey Estates”.

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. 
  • Dewitz, H. 1879. Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge. Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldina-Carolinae Germanicum Naturae Curiousorum 41(2): 173–212, 2 pls. Text, pls. Reference page. 
  • Heron, F. A., 1909. Zoological results of the Ruwenzori expedition, 1905-1906, 12, Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 19(2): 141-178, pl.5. Reference page. 
  • Stoneham, H.F., 1937. Notes on African Lycaenidae, and new forms. Bulletin of the Stoneham Museum (34): 3 pp. Reference page. 
  • Talbot, G. 1935. New species and forms of African Lycaenidae (Lep.: Rhop.) [and supplement]. Entomologist's monthly magazine 71: 69-78, 115-127, 147-153; ill.; Suppl.: 202-209; ill. Reference page. 
  • Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 
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