Willema perexcellens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: 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: Heteropterinae
Genus: Willema
Species:
Subspecies: W. p. marunga – W. p. perexcellens

Name

Willema perexcellens (Butler, 1896).

Type locality: Nyasaland, Southern Congo.

Holotype: male, BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Cyclopides perexcellens Butler, 1896: 161; 842, pl.42 fig.2.
  • Metisella perexcellens perexcellens (Butler); Evans, 1937: 73. Bridges, 1994: VIII.174. Tanganyika, Great Craters.
  • Willema perexcellens (Butler); Grishin in Cong et al., 2019: 20.

References

  • 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. 
  • Butler, A.G., 1896. Descriptions of some new lepidoptera from Nyasaland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18: 159–163. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Butler, A. G., 1896. On two Collections of Lepidoptera made by Mr. R. Crawshay in Nyasaland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896: 817-850, pls 41,42. 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.