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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Cacyreus
Species: Cacyreus tespis
Subspecies: Cacyreus tespis tespis

Name

Cacyreus tespis tespis (Herbst, [1804]).

Type locality: South Africa: “der Kap”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

  • Papilio palemon Stoll, 1782: 209, pl. 39, figs E, F. South Africa: “Cap de bonne Espérance". [Invalid, nec Papilio palaemon Pallas, 1771; see Koçak, 1996: 13].
  • Papilio tespis Herbst, [1804] 11: 270.
  • Cupido palemon fracta (var.) Grünberg, 1911: 545. Uganda: “Nörd. v. Albert-Edward-See, Ruwnzori, Westseite ... 2000 m”.
  • Cacyreus palemon ecaudata (forma) Stempffer, 1950: 144. Lesotho: “Mokhotlong, 7.000 pieds (Basutoland)”.
  • Cacyreus palemon palemon (Cramer) [sic]; Stempffer, 1967: 206.
  • Cacyreus tespis (Herbst); Stempffer, 1967: 206.
  • Cacyreus tespis tespis (Herbst); Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 36.

References

  • Grünberg, K., 1912. Rhopalocera in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908. 3 (Zoology 1): 505–560, 4 pls. Leipzig.
  • Herbst, J. F. W., 1788-1804. In Jablonsky, Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten; Schmetterlinge. 11 Vols. Berlin, Pauli. Reference page. 
  • Kocak, A.O., 1996. Results of the lepidopterological expedition to Ethiopia in February 1996. 1. Introduction. Centre for Entomological Studies Miscellaneous Papers 27-28: 1–7.
  • Stempffer, H., 1950 Contribution a l’etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne. Revue Francaise d’Entomologie 17: 135–149.
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