Pseuderesia

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: Pseuderesia
Species: P. eleaza – P. vidua
Name

Pseuderesia Butler, 1874.

Type-species: Pseuderesia catharina Butler, 1874 [= Pentila eleaza Hewitson, 1873] by original designation.
References

Butler, A. G., 1874. Descriptions of three new species and a new genus of diurnal lepidoptera, from the collection of Andrew Swanzy, Esq. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 531–533. BHL. Reference page.
Clench, H. K., 1965. In Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., & Miller, L.D.. The butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 19: [iv], ii, 1-438. BHL. 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.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Links

Type images: RMCA.

Pseuderesia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropics. The genus Eresiomera is sometimes treated as a synonym of Pseuderesia.
Species

Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873)
Pseuderesia mapongua (Holland, 1893)
Pseuderesia vidua Talbot, 1937

References

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