Kedestes chaca

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: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Kedestes
Speciesː Kedestes chaca

Name

Kedestes chaca Trimen, 1873.

Type localityː Grahamstown and Bathurst, Cape Colony; Tsomo River, KafFraria. In the collections of the South African Museum and R. Trimen.

Typusː Syntypesː " In the collections of the South African Museum and R. Trimen.".

Synonymy

Pyrgus chaca Trimen, 1873ː 118; Pl.1, figs.9 ♂, 10 ♀; Trimen & Bowker, 1889ː 296.
Kedestess chaca (Trimen); Watson, 1893ː 96, 1896ː 55; Holland, 1896ː 55; Neave, 1910ː 78; Evans, 1937ː 84; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.45, IX.33.

References

  • 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. 
  • Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. Reference page. 
  • Holland, W.J. 1896. A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896: 2–107. BHL Pls I–V Open access. Reference page. 
  • Neave, S.A., 1910. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 2–86 text plates. Reference page. 
  • Trimen, R., 1873. On some new species of butterflies discovered in extra-tropical Southern Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 101-124, Pl.1. Reference page. 
  • Trimen, R., 1889. In Trimen, R. & Bowker, J.H. South-African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 3: Papilionidae and Hesperidae. vi+438pp, pls 10-12. London. Reference page. 
  • Watson, E.Y. 1893. A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893(1): 3–132, 3 pls. Reference page.