Falcuna libyssa

Liptena libyssa, ♂, from original description.

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Falcuna
Species: Falcuna libyssa
Subspecies: (3)
F. l. angolensis – F. l. cameroonica – F. l. lybissa

Name

Falcuna libyssa Hewitson, [1866].

Type locality: Nigeria: “Old Calabar”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Liptena libyssa Hewitson, [1866]: 66 pl.33, figs 5,6.
• Falcuna libyssa (Hewitson); Stempffer & Bennett, 1963: 174; Bridges, 1994: VIII.260.
• Falcuna libyssa libyssa (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 47; Williams, 1995: Liptenina 53.
• Liptena libyassa [sic] Hewitson; Robbins, 1988: 362, fig.15. [mis-spelling].

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page. 
• Robbins, R.K., 1988. Male Foretarsal Variation in Lycaenidae and Riodinidae, and the Systematic Placement of Styx infernalis (Lepdioptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 1988: 356-368, 36 figs. BHL. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., & Bennett, N.H. 1963. A new genus of Lipteninae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 13: 173–194. 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.