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characters of the species in this group are similar and the whole species complex 

 seems to be closely related. Table 2, based on the phenetic relationship of these 

 species, is also intended to be an attempt at a phylogenetic relationship of the 

 species in the group. 



Table 2. Possible relationship of species of Rhodoneura in India and Africa. 



(details in texO 



zurisana Whalley 



(one spine) 

 Madagascar 



sordidula PlOtz 



(one spine) 

 Africa 



ANCESTRAL FORM 



(two spines) 

 India 



CHECK-LIST OF THYRIDIDAE OF AFRICA AND ITS ISLANDS 2 



(Valid names in bold type) 



Subfamily ARGYROTYPINAE 



Genus CHRYSOTYPUS Butler 



ARGYROTYPUS Butler 

 PROTEROZEUXIS 

 Warren 

 dawsoni Distant 



ansorgei Warren syn. n. 

 pectinifera Hampson 



syn. n. 

 arcualalis Gaede syn. n. 



quadratus sp. n. 

 tessellatus (Warren) 



comb. n. 

 circumfuscus sp. n. 

 dives Butler 

 cupreus Kenrick 

 caryophyllae Frappa 



mabillanum Viette 

 reticulatus sp. n. 

 subflavus sp. n. 



2 For full synonymy of Madagascan species, see Whalley, 1967. 



