Hypophytala benitensis

benitensis in Jackson, 1964.

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: Hypophytala
Species: Hypophytala benitensis
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2007.
H. b. benitensis – H. b. minziro

Name

Hypophytala benitensis (Holland, 1890).

Type locality: Gabon: "River Ogove".

Holotype: ♂ tbc.

Synonymy

• Epitola benitensis Holland, 1890: 425.
• Phytala benitensis (Holland); Jackson, 1964: 66, pls 3,4 figs 37,38,55,56; Stempffer, 1967: 85; Ackery et al., 1995: 530.
• Hypophytala benitensis (Holland); Congdon & Collins, 1998: 80.
• Hypophytala benitensis benitensis (Holland); Libert, 1999; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 65.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Congdon, C. & Collins, S. 1998. Kielland’s butterflies of Tanzania. Supplement. African Butterfly Research Institute & Union des Entomologistes Belges, Nairobi & Tervuren, 143 pp. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J., 1890. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 5: 423–431. Reference page. 
• Jackson, T.H.E. 1964. Notes on the Epitolinae, Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 15: 59–80. BHL. 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. 
• 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.