Chrysoritis
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Chrysoritis
Species (43):
chrysaor Species Group
[edit]Species: (8):
C. aethon –
C. aureus –
C. chrysaor –
C. lycegenes –
C. lyncurium –
C. midas –
C. natalensis –
C. phosphor
chrysantas Species Group
[edit]Species: (1):
C. chrysantas
oreas Species Group
[edit]Species: (2):
C. dicksoni –
C. oreas
pyroeis Species Group
[edit]Species: (2):
C. felthami –
C. pyroeis
thysbe Species Group
[edit]Species: (27):
C. adonis –
C. aridus –
C. azurius –
C. beaufortius –
C. beulah –
C. blencathrae –
C. braueri –
C. brooksi –
C. daphne –
C. endymion –
C. irene –
C. nigricans –
C. orientalis –
C. palmus –
C. pan –
C. pelion –
C. penningtoni –
C. perseus –
C. plutus –
C. pyramus –
C. rileyi –
C. swanepoeli –
C. thysbe –
C. trimeni –
C. turneri –
C. uranus –
C. violescens
zeuxo Species Group
[edit]Species: (3):
C. coetzeri –
C. zeuxo –
C. zonarius
Name
[edit]Chrysoritis Butler, [1898]
Type species: Zeritis oreas Trimen, 1891
Synonymy
[edit]- Nais Swainson, 1833 (preoccupied by Nais Muller)
- Poecilmitis Butler, 1899 (synonymized by Heath, 1997, Metamorphosis Suppl. 2: (1-60))
- Bowkeria Quickelberge, 1972 (synonymized by Heath, 1997, Metamorphosis Suppl. 2: (1-60))
- Oxychaeta Tite & Dickson, 1973 (synonymized by Heath, 1997, Metamorphosis Suppl. 2: (1-60))
References
[edit]- Heath, A., 1997: A review of African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis Occasional Supplement No. 2: 1–60.
- Heath, A., 2001: New synonymies and taxonomic notes on the genus Chrysoritis Butler (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis, 12 (3): 85–98.
- Heath, A. & Ball, J.B., 1992: A new species of Poecilmitis Butler (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Cape Province, South Africa. Metamorphosis, 3 (3): 86–88.
- Henning, S.F., 1979: Descriptions of two new species of Poecilmitis Butler (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Namaqualand, South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 42 (2): 153–159.
- Swanepoel, D.A., 1975: A new species of Poecilmitis from the Roggeveldt mountains of the Cape Province (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 87 (4): 123–124.
- Swanepoel, D.A., 1976: A new species of Poecilmitis Butler from the Drakensberg, Natal (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 30 (12): 119–120.
- Talavera, G., Kaliszewska, Z.A., Heath, A. & Pierce, N.E. 2020. Recent diversification of Chrysoritis butterflies in the South African Cape (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 148: 106817. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106817. Reference page.
- Williams, Mark C., 2008: Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea.
Links
[edit]- Williams, M. Afrotropical Butterflies. Consulted 26.iv.2009.