Afriodinia
| Afriodinia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Nemeobiinae |
| Genus: | Afriodinia d'Abrera, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Papilio gerontes Fabricius, 1781
| |
Afriodinia is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Species in the genus were formerly placed in the genus Abisara which was found to be polyphyletic.[1] The genus Abisara is now found only in Asia while Afriodinia is Afrotropical.[2]
The species that are included in the genus are:[3][4]
- Afriodinia caeca (Rebel, 1914)
- Afriodinia cameroonensis (Callaghan, 2003)
- Afriodinia delicata (Lathy, 1901)
- Afriodinia gerontes (Fabricius, 1781)
- Afriodinia intermedia (Aurivillius, 1895)
- Afriodinia lico (Collins, 1990)
- Afriodinia neavei (Riley, 1932)
- Afriodinia rogersi (Druce, 1878)
- Afriodinia rutherfordii (Hewitson, 1874)
- Afriodinia talantus (Aurivillius, 1891)
- Afriodinia tantalus (Hewitson, 1861)
- Afriodinia zanzibarica (Collins, 1990)
References
- ^ Espeland, Marianne; Hall, Jason P.W.; DeVries, Philip J.; Lees, David C.; Cornwall, Mark; Hsu, Yu-Feng; Wu, Li-Wei; Campbell, Dana L.; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger; Salzman, Shayla; Ruehr, Sophie; Lohman, David J.; Pierce, Naomi E. (2015). "Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93: 296–306. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.006.
- ^ Collins, Steve C.; Congdon, T. Colin E.; Henning, Graham A.; Larsen, Torben B.; Williams, Mark C. (2014-10-05). "A review of d'Abrera's Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region – Part III (second edition), 2009 – Part 3 (Theclinae, Polyommatinae and Riodinidae)". Metamorphosis. 25 (1): 109–122. doi:10.4314/met.v25i1.13. ISSN 2307-5031.
- ^ Bayliss, Julian L.; Congdon, T. Colin E.; Richardson, Ian D.; Collins, Steve C. (2022-06-01). "Revision of the A. delicata group of Afriodinia d'Abrera, 2009 (Papilionoidea: Riodinidae) with the description of a new species from Mount Lico, Northern Mozambique, and the reinstatement of a species". Metamorphosis. 33 (1): 34–41. doi:10.4314/met.v33i1.4. ISSN 2307-5031.
- ^ Congdon, T. Colin E.; Bampton, Ivan; Collins, Steve C. (2025-09-08). "An illustrated report on the larvae, adults and host associations of 424 African Lepidoptera taxa belonging to the Papilionoidea. A second report of the Caterpillar Rearing Group of LepSoc Africa". Metamorphosis. 28 (1): 57–62. doi:10.4314/met.v28i1.13. ISSN 2307-5031.