Lipaphnaeus leonina

Lipaphnaeus leonina

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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Lipaphnaeus
Species: Lipaphnaeus leonina
Subspecies: (4) per Williams, 2008.
L. l. bitje – L. l. ivoirensis – L. l. leonina – L. l. paradoxa

Name

Lipaphnaeus leonina (Sharpe, 1890)

Type locality: Sierra Leone.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Zeritis leonina Sharpe, 1890: 104.
• Lipaphnaeus leonina (Sharpe); Williams, 2008.

References

• Sharpe, E., 1890. Descriptions of some new species of African butterflies in the collection of Captain G.E. Shelley. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 6: 103-106, 346-350. BHL1, BHL2. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.