Euliphyra leucyania

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson, 1874).

Type locality: Nigeria: “Old Calabar”.

Holotype: BMNH

Liphyra leucyania Hewitson, 1874: 355.
Euliphyra sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1895: 204. Synonymised by Libert, 1995: 577. Cameroon: “Bonge”. Holotype NHRM, (images).
Euliphyra leucyanea [sic] (Hewitson); Kielland, 1990d. [Misspelling]
Euliphyra leucyana [sic] (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 71. [Misspelling]
Euliphyra mirifica sjoestedti Aurivillius; Stempffer, 1967: 71.
Euliphyra leucyania (Hewitson); D'Abrera, 2009: 600; Williams, consulted 19.iii.2015.

D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page.
Aurivillius, C. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter. 4. Entomologisk Tidskrift 16: 255–268. BHL Reference page.
Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 22(3): 343–355. BHL. Reference page.
Kielland, J., 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363, 68 pls.,179 figs. Reference page.
Libert, M., 1995. Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae africains: le genre Euliphyra Holland (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 95 (4) (Tome II): 577–583. 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., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Euliphyra Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.