Aloeides oreas

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 oreas

Name

Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968.

Type locality: South Africa, Natal.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Natal, Loteni, 7,500 ft, 29.xi.1945 (K. M. Pennington), Type No. Rh. 18572".
Allotype: ♀ BMNH: "Natal, Giant's Castle, 8.x.1933 (K. M. Pennington),Type No. Rh. 18573".

Synonymy

Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968: 382, pl. 5, figs 99, 103, 112, 116; Henning, 1993: 148.

References

Henning, G.A. 1993. Revisional notes on the genus Aloeides Hubner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 4 (4): 144–155. Full issue PDF. Reference page.

Tite, G. E. & C.G.C. Dickson, 1968: The Aloeides thyra complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent) 21 (7): 367-388, 8 pls, 4 text figs. text, plates. Reference page.

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