Katreus dimidia
| Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Katreinae
Genus: Katreus
Speciesː
Note: revised as a junior synonym of Ortholexis melichroptera Karsch, 1895 in Zhang et. al. 2019.
Name
Katreus dimidia Holland, 1896.
Type locality: Africa, Gabon, "Gaboon".
Typusː ♂ "Berlin" per Evans; ZMHU per Bridges, 1994: VIII.65. (Originally stated by Holland to be in the "collection of Straudinger)
Synonymy
- Acallopistes dimidia Holland, 1896: 97, Pl.V, Fig.7.
- Katreus dimidia (Holland, 1896); Evans, 1937: 17.
- Katreus dimidia f. dimidia (Holland, 1896); Evans, 1937: 17; Ackery, et al., 1995: 61.
Also see:
- Katreus dimidia f. drucei Evans, 1937: 17; Ackery, et al., 1995: 61.
- Katreus dimidia f. karschi Evans, 1937: 17; Ackery, et al., 1995: 61.
Else
- Ortholexis hollandi Druce, 1909: 407. Later distinct as valid per e.g. Cock & Congdon, 2011
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.
- Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
- Druce, H.H., 1909. On some New and Little-known Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1909: 406–413, Pl.LXVII. 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
. Reference page.