Aloeides molomo as Zeritis molomo, from Trimen, 1904.
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Aloeides
Species: Aloeides molomo
Subspecies: (6)
A. m. coalescens – A. m. handmani – A. m. kiellandi – A. m. krooni – A. m. molomo – A. m. mumbuensis

Name

Aloeides molomo Trimen, 1870.

Type locality: "Koro Koro".

Holotype: ♀ xii.1868 (Bowker).

Synonymy

  • Zeritis molomo Trimen, 1870: 373, pl. 6, fig. 9; 1904: 238, pl. 19, figs 4, 4a.
  • Aloeides molomo Trimen; Henning, 1993: 147.
  • Aloeides molomo molomo (Trimen); Stempffer, 1967: 176.

References

  • Henning, G.A. 1993. Revisional notes on the genus Aloeides Hubner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 4 (4): 144–155. Full issue PDF. Reference page. 
  • Trimen, R., 1870. Notes on butterflies collected by J.H. Bowker, Esq., in Basuto-land, South Africa; with descriptions of some new species. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1870: 341–390.Reference page. 
  • Trimen, R. 1904. On some new or imperfectly-known forms of South-African butterflies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1904: 231–246, pls 19, 20. Reference page. 
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