Micropentila fuscula

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
Genus: Micropentila
Species: Micropentila fuscula

Name

Micropentila fuscula Grose-Smith, 1898.

Type locality: Nigeria: “Warri”.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH; Neallotype ♂ BMNH, No. Rh.16903, Ogoja, Ikom.

Synonymy

• Teriomima fuscula Grose-Smith, 1898: 355
• Micropentila fuscula (Grose-Smith); Stempffer & Bennett, 1965: 420, text fig.21, pl.2, figs 78,79 Neallotype ♂; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 65.

References

• Druce, H.H. 1910. Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from tropical West Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 356–378, 3 Plates. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., & Bennett, N.H. 1965. A revision of the genus Micropentila Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 15: 397–434. BHL Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.