Zeritis orthrus Trimen, 1874, Synonym of Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857).
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 taikosama

Name

Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857).

Type locality: South Africa, "Caffraria".

Holotype: tbc,

Synonymy

  • Cygaritis taikosama [sic] Wallengren, 1857: 43.
  • Zeritis orthrus Trimen, 1874: 340, pl. 2, fig. 10. Synonymised by Tite & Dickson, 1975: 251.
  • Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren); Stempffer, 1867: 176, Henning, 1993: 147.

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., 1874. On some new species of South African Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 329-341. text, pl. 2. 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. Archive Reference page. 
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