Ptelina carnuta

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: Pentilina
Genus Ptelina
Species: Ptelina carnuta

Name

Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873).

Type locality: Gabon: “Gaboon”.

Holotype: BMNH.

Pentila carnuta Hewitson, 1873: 125.
Liptena parva Kirby, 1887: 362. Cameroon: “Cameroons”. Synonymy in Larsen, 2005: 120.
Telipna kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945: 114. [Democratic Republic of Congo]: “Kamituga”.
Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson); Clench in Fox et al., 1965: 277; d’Abrera, 2009: 608; Williams, consulted 17.iii.2015.
Ptelina carnuta parva (Kirby); D'Abrera, 2009: 608.

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Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Ptelina Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.