Telipna sanguinea

Telipna sanguinea in Rhopalocera Exotica.

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: Telipna
Species: Telipna sanguinea
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2007.
T. s. depuncta – T. s. sanguinea

Name

Telipna sanguinea (Plötz, 1880).

Type locality: Cameroon: “Camerons-Gebirge”.

Neotype: ♂ MNHN, "Mamfe, vii.1956"; NeAT ♀ MNHN "Mamfe, ix.1956".

Synonymy

• Pentila acraea sanguinea (var.) Plötz, 1880: 198.
• Liptena sanguinea (Plotz); Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1887]: 3, pl.Liptena 1, figs 3,4 only.
• Telipna sanguinea sanguinea (Plötz); Stempffer, 1967: 12; Jackson, 1969: 16, pl.4 figs 49,52; Libert, 2005; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 71.

References

• Jackson, T.H.E. 1969. A revision of the genus Telipna Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 23: 1–23, 5 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2005. Révision du genre Telipna Aurivillius (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea, 1-89. Reference page. 
• Plötz, C. 1880. Verzeichniss der vom Professor Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika – vom 5.Gr. nordl. Bis. 3.Gr. sudl, Breite, auf dem Cameroons-Gebirge in unge fahrer hohe von 4000 Fuss und auf der Insel Fernando-Po, vom August 1872 bis November 1875 – gesammelten Schmetterlinge. Entomologische Zeitung 41: Heterocera 76–88; Rhopalocera 189–206; 306-307. 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.