Cupidesthes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Cupidesthes
Species (18): C. abriana – C. amieti – C. caerulea – C. cuprifascia – C. gabunica – C. hecqi – C. henrii – C. hilarion – C. jacksoni – C. lithas – C. michelae – C. mimetica – C. paludicola – C. paralithas – C. robusta – C. salvatoris – C. thyrsis – C. vidua
mimetica Species Group

Species (10): C. abriana – C. amieti – C. cuprifascia – C. hecqi – C. henrii – C. jacksoni – C. michelae – C. mimetica – C. paludicola – C. salvatoris
robusta Species Group

Species (1): C. robusta
thyrsis Species Group

Species (7): C. caerulea – C. gabunica – C. hilarion – C. lithas – C. paralithas – C. thyrsis – C. vidua

[After Libert (2010)]
Name

Cupidesthes Aurivillius, 1895: 215

Type Species: Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius, 1895, by monotypy.
References

Aurivillius, C. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter. 4. Entomologisk Tidskrift 16: 255–268. BHL Reference page.
Libert, M., 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea, 1-420. Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Cupidesthes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm. The genus Cupidesthes was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1895.
Species

Cupidesthes albida (Aurivillius, 1923)
Cupidesthes arescopa Bethune-Baker, 1910
Cupidesthes caerulea Jackson, 1966
Cupidesthes cuprifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Cupidesthes eliasi Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
Cupidesthes jacksoni Stempffer, 1969
Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)
Cupidesthes mimetica (Druce, 1910)
Cupidesthes minor Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Cupidesthes paludicola (Holland, 1891)
Cupidesthes paralithas Bethune-Baker, 1926
Cupidesthes pungusei Collins & Larsen, 2005
Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius, 1895
Cupidesthes salvatoris Belcastro & Larsen, 2005
Cupidesthes thyrsis (Kirby, 1878)
Cupidesthes vidua Talbot, 1929
Cupidesthes ysobelae Jackson, 1966

References

Cupidesthes at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera