Hewitsonia ugandae

ugandae, ♂, ♀, from original description.

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: Hewitsonia
Species: Hewitsonia ugandae
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2007.
H. u. jolyana – H. u. ugandae

Name

Hewitsonia ugandae Jackson, 1962.

Type locality: "Congo: Ituri, Beni, 4,000ft.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, ix.1946, (T.H.E. Jackson).

Synonymy

• Hewitsonia similis ugandae Jackson, 1962: 160, pls 11,12 figs 106,107,116,117; Stempffer, 1967: 94.
• Hewitsonia ugandae ugandae Jackson; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 77.

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. 
• 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.