Durbaniopsis

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: Durbaniopsis
Species: (1)
D. saga
Name

Durbaniopsis van Son, 1959.

Type-species: D'Urbania saga Trimen, 1883, by original designation.
Synonymy

Durbaniopsis van Son, 1959: 12; Stempffer, 1967: 28.

References

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., 1883. Descriptions of twelve new species of South-African Lepidoptera – Rhopalocera. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1883: 347–363. BHL. Reference page.
van Son, G., 1959. A revision of the lycaenid genus Durbania Trimen, with the description of two new genera and two subspecies. Novos Taxa Entomologicos 16: 15 pp. Reference page.

Durbaniopsis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The single species is endemic to the Afrotropics.
Species

Durbaniopsis saga (Trimen, 1883)