Neurellipes lachares lachares

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 lachares
Subspecies: Neurellipes lachares lachares

Name

Neurellipes lachares lachares (Hewitson, [1878]).

Type locality: Cameroon: “Cameroons”.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes lachares Hewitson, [1878]: 225, pl. 91, figs 33, 34; Bethune-Baker, 1910: 47, pl. 2, fig. 9 ♀, pl. 8, fig. 24 genit.
• Lycaenesthes pulcher Grose-Smith and Kirby, [1893](3): 105, figs 9, 10. Gabon: “North Gaboon”.
• Lycaenesthes liparis Grose-Smith, 1898: 357. Nigeria: “Warri”.
• Lycaenesthes lachares obsolescens (var.) Bethune-Baker, 1910: 48, pl. 2, fig. 8. No locality.
• Pseudoliptena bitje Stempffer, 1946: 9. Cameroon: “Bitje, Ja River”. Paratype ♀ OUMNH ex-Brodie coll. images.
• Anthene lachares lachares (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 191.
• Anthene (Anthene) lachares (Hewitson); Williams, 2008.
• Neurellipes lachares lachares (Hewitson); Libert, 2010: 291.

References

• 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. 
• 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. 
• Grose-Smith, H., 1898. Descriptions of new Species of African Butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novit. zool. 5(3): 350–358. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1946. Contribution à l’étude des Lycaenidae de la faune éthiopienne. Revue française d’entomologie 13: 8-19. 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.