Capys alpheus

Papilio alpheus ♂, from original description.

Capys alpheus ♀ in South African Butterflies.

Taxonavigation

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: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Capys
Species: Capys alpheus
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2007.
C. a. alpheus – C. a. extentus

Capys alpheus (Cramer, 1777).

Type locality: South Africa: “Cap de bonne Esperance”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Papilio alpheus Cramer, 1777: 131, pl.182 figs E,F; Fabricius [1787]: 86.
Polyommatus alphoeus [sic] (Cramer); Godart, 1819: 663.
Zeritis alphaeus [sic] (Cramer); Westwood, [1852]: 500, pl.77 fig.3; Trimen, 1866: 270.
Capys alphaeus [sic] (Cramer); Trimen, 1887: 113, pl.7 fig.5; Stempffer, 1967: 172; Henning & Henning, 1988: 106.
Scoptes alpheus (Cramer); Hemming, 1967: 407.
Capys alpheus (Cramer); ICZN, 1986: Opinion 1398 p.152; Bridges, 1994: VIII. 20.
Capys alphaeus alphaeus [sic] (Cramer); Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 60.

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.

Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–26, pls 289–304. Reference page.

Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329–828. Paris. Vol. 1, Vol. 2. Reference page.

Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9. BHL Reference page.

Henning, G.A. & Henning, S.F., 1988. A review of the genus Capys Hewitson (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with descriptions of seven new species and two new subspecies. Durban Museum Novitates 14(2): 102–139. download Reference page.

Quickelberge, C.D., 1979. Systematic notes on southern African butterflies – 3. On the genus Capys Hewitson (Lycaenidae: Lepidoptera), with special reference to C. alphaeus (Cramer) including the description of a new subspecies. Durban Museum Novitates 12(2): 20-26. Reference page.

Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.

Trimen, R., 1862–1866. Rhopalocera Africae Australis Parts 1–9. 353 + xxi pp, 6 pls. Cape Town. BHL Text, Plates.Reference page.

Trimen, R., 1887. In Trimen, R. & Bowker, J.H. South-African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2: Erycinidae and Lycaenidae. vi + 242 pp, pls 7–9. London. (Text, plates)Reference page.

Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.

Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

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