Powellana cottoni

Powellana cottoni, ♂ from original description.

cottoni, ♀, from Schultze, 1923.

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
Subtribus: Epitolina
Genus: Powellana
Species: Powellana cottoni

Name

Powellana cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: "Makala, Congo Free State".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Powellana cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908: 114, pl.9 fig.13; Aurivillius, 1923: 1209, pl.49, fig.9; Stempffer, 1967: 95; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 78.
• Satyrimima weberi Holland, 1913: 302. Cameroon: “Lolodorf”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 95.
• Powellana virginea Birket-Smith, 1960: 970. Cameroon: “Near the River Nyong just south of the Station of Makak”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 95.

References

• Birket-Smith, S. J. R., 1960. Results from the Danish Expedition to the French Cameroons (1949-1950) XXVII. - Lepidoptera. Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Afrique Noire (A) 22: 521–554, 924-983, 1259-1284. Reference page. 
• Holland, W. J., 1913. A new Lycaenid from Kamerun, West Africa (Lep.) Entomological News 24(7): 301–303, 1 fig. BHL. Reference page. 
• Jackson, T.H.E. 1964. Notes on the Epitolinae, Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 15: 59–80. BHL. Reference page. 
• Schultze, A., & Aurivillius, C., 1923. Lepidoptera. III. Teil. In: Schubotz, A. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition, 1910-1911. Leipzig 1(17): 1113-1242. BHL text, plates 49,50. 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.