Toxochitona

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: Liptenina
Genus: Toxochitona
Species: T. ankole – T. gerda – T. sankuru – T. vansomereni
Name

Toxochitona Stempffer, 1956: 28.

Type Species: Durbania gerda Kirby, by original designation.
References

Stempffer, H., 1956. Contributions a l'étude des Lépidoptères Lycaenidae de l'Afrique équatoriale. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge 49: 7-54, 3 pls, 31 figs. Reference page.
Type images: [1]

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

Toxochitona ankole Stempffer, 1967
Toxochitona gerda (Kirby, 1890)
Toxochitona sankuru Stempffer, 1961
Toxochitona vansomereni (Stempffer, 1954)

References

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

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 62