Abantis canopus

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: Mandibulata 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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Tagiadinae
Tribus: Tagiadini
Genus: Abantis
Subgenus: Abantis (Caprona)
Speciesː Abantis canopus

Name

Abantis (Caprona) canopus Trimen, 1864.

Type localityː "Kaffraria and Natal"

Typusː BMNH

Synonymy

♦ Caprona canopus Trimen, 1864ː 180.
♦ Netrobalane canopus (Trimen); Bridges, 1994ː VIII.40, IX.41; Ackery, Smith & Vane-Wright, 1995ː 75; Lepindex.
♦ Abantis (Caprona) canopus (Trimen); Zhang et al., 2022ː 114.

References

Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page.
Bethune-Baker, G.T., 1911. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from tropical Africa. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8)8(46): 506-542. Reference page.
Bridges, C.A. (1994). Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois: Bridges. BHL Reference page.
Trimen, R. 1864. Descriptions of some new species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3)2: 175–180. BHL . Reference page.
Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. PDF. Reference page.