Chrysoritis nigricans

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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Chrysoritis
Species: Chrysoritis nigricans
Subspecies: (3) per Williams, 2008.
C. n. nigricans – C. n. rubrescens – C. n. zwartbergae

Name

Chrysoritis nigricans (Aurivillius, 1923).

Type locality: South Africa: “Cape Colony, Muizen Mountains”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Phasis thysbe nigricans (var.) Aurivillius, 1923: 430.
  • Poecilmitis nigricans (Aurivillius); Ackery et al., 1995.
  • Chrysoritis nigricans (Aurivillius); Heath, 1997; Williams, 2008.

References

  • Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803. ISBN 978-0-643-05561-2 Reference page. 
  • Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1–613, pls. 1–80. Text, plates. Reference page. 
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