Melphina evansi
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Melphina
Species: Melphina evansi
Name
[edit]Melphina evansi Berger, 1975
Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Tshuapa, Bamanya.
Holotype: ♂ MRAC.
Synonymy
[edit]- Melphina malthina f. hulstaerti Evans, 1956 in part.
- Melphina evansi Berger, 1975ː 67; Ackery, Smith & Vane-Wright, 1995ː 126.
References
[edit]- 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.
- Berger, L.A. 1975. Descriptions preliminaires de Melphina du Zaire (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Lambillionea 74(9-10): 66-69. Reference page.
- Evans, W.H. 1956. Revisional notes on African Hesperiidae. Annals and Magazine of natural History 12(8): 881–885. Reference page.
- Larsen, T.B. 2012. Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Melphina Evans and the description of two new genera: Melphinyet and Noctulana (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae, incertae sedis). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 22(1): 16–23. Reference page.