Neurellipes pyroptera

Lycaenesthes leptala in Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (figure 2)

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Neurellipes
Species: Neurellipes pyroptera

Name

Neurellipes pyroptera (Aurivillius, 1895).

Type locality: Lualabourg, Zaïre.

Holotype: MRAC. male ♂. images.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes pyroptera Aurivillius, 1895: 382; 1899: 352, pl. 6, fig. 3 ♂; Bethune-Baker, 1910: 61.
• Lycaenesthes leptala Courvoisier, 1914 in Strand, 1914: 43, pl. 11, fig. 2.
  • Type locality: Tanzania: “D.-W.-Afrika”.
  • Synonymy in Libert, 2010: 282.
• Anthene leptala (Courvoisier); Stempffer, 1967: 192.
• Anthene pyroptera (Aurivillius); Stempffer, 1967: 194.
• Anthene (Anthene) pyroptera (Aurivillius); Williams, 2008.
• Neurellipes pyroptera (Aurivillius); Libert, 2010: 282.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1895. Diagnosen neuer Tagfalter aus Africa. Entomologische Nachrichten 21: 379–382. BHL. Reference page. 
• Aurivillius, C. [1899]. RHOPALOCERA ǼTHIOPICA; die Tagfalter des Ǽthiopischen Faunengebietes… 31(5): 1-561. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. 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. 
• Strand, E., 1914-1916. Lepidoptera Niepeltiana. Leipzig, Druck von Urban. (1): 1-65, pls 1-12 [1914]; (2): 1-27, pls 13-27 [1916]. Pt1, Pt2. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.