Stempfferia insulana

Epitola insulana ♂ from original description.

Aurivillius ♂ and ne-Allotype ♀ in Jackson, 1962.

Taxonavigation

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: Epitolina
Genus: Stempfferia
Species: Stempfferia insulana

Name

Stempfferia insulana (Aurivillius, 1923).

Type locality: Equatorial Guinea: “Fernando Poo, San Carlos; Bococo”.

Holotype: ♂ tbc.

Synonymy

• Epitola insulana Aurivillius in Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923: 1203, pl.50 fig.4; Jackson, 1962: 133, Pl.1 fig.9, Pl.2 fig.18, Pl.9 fig.88, Pl.10 fig.98; Stempffer, 1967: 89.
• Epitola convexa Roche, 1954: 496. Uganda: “Bwamba”. Synonymised Libert, 1998: 108.
• Epitola intermedia Roche, 1954: 497. Synonymised by Libert, 1998: 108.
• Stempfferia insulana (Aurivillius); Libert, 1999.
• Stempfferia (Cercenia) insulana (Aurivillius); Williams, 2007: Epitolina 33.

References

• Jackson, T.H.E. 1962. Notes on the Epitolinae with descriptions of a new genus and a new species and subspecies. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 12: 125–163. BHL. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 1998. Hommage à Jan Kielland: description de six nouvelles espèces du genre Epitola Westwood (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae), in Congdon & Collins, Kielland’s Butterflies of Tanzania Supplement, ABRI. Lambillionea, 1-143. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 1999. Révision des genres Epitola Westwood, Hypophytala Clench et Stempfferia Jackson, et description de trois nouveaux genres (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). A.B.R.I., Nairobi and Lambillionea, Tervuren, February, 1999, 219 pp. Reference page. 
• Roche, P., 1954. Revisional Notes on the Genus Epitola (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 3(13): 489-502, pls 19-22. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Schultze, A., & Aurivillius, C., 1923. Lepidoptera. III. Teil. In: Schubotz, A. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition, 1910-1911. Leipzig 1(17): 1113-1242. BHL text, plates 49,50. 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.