Durbania

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: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Durbaniina
Genus: Durbania
Species: (2)
D. amakosa – D. limbata
Name

Durbania Trimen, 1862.

Type Species: Durbania amakosa Trimen, 1862, by monotypy.
Synonymy

D'Urbania Trimen, 1862: 400.
Durbania Trimen; Trimen, 1894: 58; Stempffer, 1967: 27.

References

Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. Reference page.
Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
Trimen, R., 1862. On some new species of South African butterflies collected in British Kaffraria by W.S.M. D'Urban Esq., during 1860–1861. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)1(4): 398–406. BHL. Reference page.
Trimen, R., 1894. On the collection of butterflies made in Manica, tropical south-east Africa, by Mr. F.C. Selous, in the year 1892. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 14-82. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Durbania Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Durbania is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Species

Durbania amakosa Trimen, 1862
Durbania limbata Trimen, 1887

External links

Durbania at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms