Liptena evanescens
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Genus: Liptena
Species: Liptena evanescens
Name
[edit]Liptena evanescens Kirby, 1887.
Type locality: "Cameroons".
Holotype: tbc.
Synonymy
[edit]- Pentila evanescens Kirby, 1887: 364; Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1887]: 5, pl.II, figs 11,12.
- Teriomima xanthis Holland, 1890: 429. Gabon: “upon the upper waters of the River Ogove in the French Territory of Gaboon”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
- Note: Larsen (2005) suspects that xanthis may be a valid species but says that too little material is available for study.
- Liptena evanescens (Kirby); Stempffer, 1967: 54; Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974: fig. 37, genit.; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 11.
References
[edit]- Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page.
- Holland, W.J., 1890. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 5: 423–431. Reference page.
- Kirby, W. F. 1887. Descriptions of new species of Papilionidae, Pieridae and Lycaenidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)19: 360–369. BHL Reference page.
- Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. 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.
- Stempffer, H., Bennett, N. H. & May, S. J. 1974. A revision of some groups of Liptena Westwood (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 30: 107–181. BHL Reference page.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.