Leona leonora

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: Leona
Species: Leona leonora
Subspecies: L. l. dux L. l. leonora

Name

Leona leonora Plötz, 1879.

Type locality: Cameroons, "Victoria".

Typus: tbc

Synonymy

  • Hesperia leonora Plötz, 1879: 355. (original combination)
  • Leona leonora (Plötz); Evans, 1937: 7, 153; Hemming, 1967: 251.
  • Caenides leonora leonora (Plötz); Kielland, 1990: 249, pl.62.
  • Leona leonora leonora (Plötz); Bridges, 1994: IV.16, VIII.122, IX.34.

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. 
  • Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1-56. 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. 
  • Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 
  • Kielland, J., 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363, 68 pls.,179 figs. Reference page. 
  • Miller, L.D., 1971. Descriptions of new species and notes on other Hesperiidae of Africa. Bull. Allyn Museum 2: 1–17.PDF Reference page. 
  • Plötz, C. 1879. Verzeichniss der vom verstorbenen Prof. Dr. R. Bucholz in West Africa - beim Meerbusen von Guinea - gesammelten Hesperien. Entomologische Zeitung 40: 353–364. BHL Open access Reference page. 
  • Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

  • English: White-spotted Large Recluse