Liptena tricolora

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
Genus: Liptena
Species: Liptena tricolora

Name

Liptena tricolora Bethune-Baker, 1915.

Type locality: Cameroon: “Bitje, Cameroons”.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Liptena yukadumae Schultze, 1917: (synonymized by Libert, 2020: 130)
  • Type locality:Cameroon: “Urwalde bei Yukaduma (Südostkamerun)”.
    • Holotype: ZMUH. male ♂.

References

Primary references

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1915. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 16: 186–203. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Libert, M. 2020. Taxonomic notes on some Liptenini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 31(1): 129–131. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Schultze, A., 1917. Weitere neue Rhopaloceren aus der Ausbeute der II. Inner-Afrika-Expedition des Herzogs Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 82 (A.3.): 34-39. 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.