Torynesis

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Dirini
Genus: Torynesis
Species: T. hawequas – T. magna – T. mintha – T. orangica – T. pringlei
Name

Torynesis Butler, [1899]

Type species: Dira mintha Geyer, [1837] by monotypy.
Synonyms

Mintha van Son, 1955 (synonymized by Vári, 1971: 207)

References

Vári, L., 1971: South African Lepidoptera, 5: Revision of the genus Tarsocera Butler, 1898 and descriptions of new Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 27 (10): 193–223.
Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007).

Torynesis is a genus of butterflies from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It comprises five species from South Africa and Lesotho. It is one of the genera in the tribe Dirini Verity, 1953; other genera of this tribe that are found in the Afrotropical Region are Paralethe, Aeropetes, Tarsocera, Dira, Serradinga and Dingana.[1]
Species

Torynesis hawequas Dickson, 1973
Torynesis magna (van Son, 1941)
Torynesis mintha (Geyer, [1837])
Torynesis orangica Vári, 1971
Torynesis pringlei Dickson, 1979

References

Williams, Mark C. (2016-01-09). "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Genus Torynesis" (PDF). Metamorphosis. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Dirini
Genus: Torynesis
Species: T. hawequas – T. magna – T. mintha – T. orangica – T. pringlei
Name

Torynesis Butler, [1899]

Type species: Dira mintha Geyer, [1837] by monotypy.
Synonyms

Mintha van Son, 1955 (synonymized by Vári, 1971: 207)

References

Vári, L., 1971: South African Lepidoptera, 5: Revision of the genus Tarsocera Butler, 1898 and descriptions of new Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 27 (10): 193–223.
Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007).