Neurellipes xanthopoecilus

Neurellipes xanthopoecilus

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Neurellipes
Species: Neurellipes xanthopoecilus
Subspecies: (3)
N. x. lukokescha – N. x. peteri – N. x. xanthopoecilus

Name

Neurellipes xanthopoecilus (Holland, 1891).

Type locality: Gabon: “Talaguga”.

Holotype: CM. female ♀. leg. A.C. Good.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes xanthopoecilus Holland, 1893: 27; Bethune-Baker, 1910: 51.
• Lycaenesthes bitje Druce, 1910: 373, pl. 35, fig. 15 ♂. Synonymy in Libert, 2010.
• Anthene xanthopoecilus (Holland); Stempffer, 1967: 194.
• Anthene versatilis bitje (Druce); Larsen, 2005: 239.
• Anthene (Anthene) xanthopoecilus (Holland); Williams, 2008.
• Neurellipes xanthopoecilus xanthopoecilus (Holland); Libert, 2010: 300.(comb. nov.)

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Holland, W. J., 1893a. Some new and little known African butterflies. Entomological News 4: 22–28, Pl.1. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. 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.