Melphina malthina

Taxonavigation

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: Melphina
Species: Melphina malthina

Name

Melphina malthina (Hewitson, 1876)

Type locality: Nigeria, Calabar.

Type: HT ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Hesperia malthina Hewitson, 1876ː 457.
  • Pamphila euryspila Mabille, 1891ː 179. Type ♂, Sierra Leone. Synonymy in Evans, 1937ː 164.
  • Melphina malthina (Hewitson); Evans, 1937ː 164; Peters, 1952ː 130; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.134, IX.36.

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. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1876. Descriptions of twenty-five new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)18(108): 449–457. Reference page. 
  • Larsen, T.B. 2012. Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Melphina Evans and the description of two new genera: Melphinyet and Noctulana (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae, incertae sedis). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 22(1): 16–23. Reference page. 
  • Mabille, P. 1891. Description d'Hespérides Nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 35: 59–88; 106–121; 167-187. Reference page. 
  • Peters, W., 1952. A provisional check-list of the butterflies of the Ethiopian region. 210pp. E.W. Classey. Reference page. 

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