Cupidesthes lithas
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Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Cupidesthes
Species: Cupidesthes lithas
Name[edit]
Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890).
Type locality: W Africa (Ghana), Addah.
Holotype: BMNH male ♂.
Synonymy[edit]
- Lycaenesthes lithas Druce, 1890: 24
- Lycaenesthes voltae Sharpe, 1890: 105. Ghana: “Volta River”. Synonymized in Larsen, 2005.
- Cupidesthes lithas (Druce); Bethune-Baker, 1910: 11; Libert, 2010: 213
References[edit]
- 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. 1890. Descriptions of twelve new species of Lycaenidae from West Africa and one from the Solomon Islands, in the collection of Herbert Druce. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 5: 24–31. BHL. 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.
- Sharpe, E. 1890: On some new species of African Lycaenidae in the collection of Philip Crowley, Esq. Annals and magazine of natural history (6) 6(31): 103-106. BHL Reference page.