Hypolycaena scintillans

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Hypolycaenini
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: Hypolycaena scintillans

Name

Hypolycaena scintillans Stempffer, 1957

Type locality: Cameroon: “Itoki, Kitta, N’Dian”.

Synonymy

• Hypolycaena lebona ab. scintillans Aurivillius, 1895: 210.
  
• Hypolycaena scintillans Stempffer, 1957: 121.
  
• Hypolycaena lebona coerulea Stempffer, Ackery et al., 1995: 603.
  
• Hypolycaena scintillans Stempffer, 1957, Larsen, 1997: 179.
  
• Hypolycaena paralourga paralourga Clench, ms. Liberia. Arrangement in Carnegie Mus.
  
• Hypolycaena paralourga batangae Clench, ms. Cameroon. Arrangement in Carnegie Mus.
• Hypolycaena anadelpha Clench (?); HT ♂ RMCA, Nigeria, Lagos, (Dr P. Roche), images.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I., et al, 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803.
• Aurivillius, P., 1895. Beiträgezur Kenntniss der Insecktenfauna von Kamerun, 2: Tagfalter, 3.Ent. Tidskr. 16: 195–220.
• Larsen, T. 1997. A revision of the Hypolycaena lebona group of African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera), with description of two new species and one new subspecies. Metamorphosis, 6: 172–182. ISSN: 1018-6409
• Stempffer, H., 1957. Les Lepidopteres de l’Afrique Noire Francaise. Initiations Africaines. Dakar 14 (Fasc. 3 Lycaenides): 1–228.
• Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from [1] Afrotropical Butterflies.