Uranothauma nubifer <♂:♀> as Lycaena nubifer in Trimen, 1895.
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 nubifer
Subspecies: (2)
U. n. distinctesignatus U. n. nubifer

Name

Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895).

Type locality: South Africa: “Natal, Newcastle and Biggarsberg; Van Reenen’s Pass, Drakensberg”.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Lycaena nubifer Trimen, 1895: 187, pl. 5, figs 4, 4a.
  • Lampides pelotus Karsch, 1895: 300. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 203.
  • Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen); Stempffer, 1967: 203; Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 25.

References

  • Trimen, R., 1895. On some new species of butterflies from tropical and extra tropical Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1895: 181–194, Pl.5. text plateReference page. 
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