Cupidesthes lithas

Cupidesthes lithas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Cupidesthes
Species: Cupidesthes lithas

Name

Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890).

Type locality: W Africa (Ghana), Addah.

Holotype: BMNH male ♂.

Synonymy

  • Lycaenesthes lithas Druce, 1890: 24
  • Lycaenesthes voltae Sharpe, 1890: 105. Ghana: “Volta River”. Synonymized in Larsen, 2005.
  • Cupidesthes lithas (Druce); Bethune-Baker, 1910: 11; Libert, 2010: 213

References

  • Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
  • Druce, H.H. 1890. Descriptions of twelve new species of Lycaenidae from West Africa and one from the Solomon Islands, in the collection of Herbert Druce. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 5: 24–31. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page. 
  • Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page. 
  • Sharpe, E. 1890: On some new species of African Lycaenidae in the collection of Philip Crowley, Esq. Annals and magazine of natural history (6) 6(31): 103-106. BHL Reference page. 
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