Trimenia wykehami

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa 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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Trimenia
Species: Trimenia wykehami

Name

Trimenia wykehami (Dickson, 1969).

Type locality: RSA, Western Cape Province, summit of Nieuwveld Mountains, 6000 ft., nr. Beaufort West.

Holotype: BMNH: ♂. "Reg. No. Rh. 17143. 16.XII.1958. leg. (C.W. Wykeham)".

Synonymy

• Phasis argyroplaga wykehami Dickson, 1969: 285.
• Trimenia argyroplaga wykehami (Dickson); Tite & Dickson, 1975: 234.
• Trimenia wykehami (Dickson); Dickson & Kroon, 1978; Pringle et al., 1994: 180; D'Abrera, 2009: 714; Williams, consulted 25.iii.2015.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page. 
• Dickson, C.G.C., 1969c: An additional new member of the Phasis wallengrenii (Trimen) group. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 81: 285–286. BHL. Reference page. 
• C.G.C. Dickson, 1978. List of southern African lycaenid subfamilies and genera, in approximate systematic sequence. In: Dickson, C.G.C., & Kroon, D.M. [Eds]. Pennington’s butterflies of southern Africa. A.D. Donker, Johannesburg: 1–670. Reference page. 
• Pringle, Henning & Ball [Eds], 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa 2nd edn. Struik Winchester, Cape Town: 1-800. Reference page. 
• Tite, G.E. & Dickson, C.G.C. 1975. The genus Aloeides and allied genera (Lepidoptera:Lycaenidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Entomology). 29 (5): 225–280, 5 pls, 32 text figs. text, plates. Reference page. 

Links

• Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. Trimenia Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.