Stempfferia zelza

Epitola zelza Hewitson & later mis-identifications.

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: Stempfferia
Species: Stempfferia zelza

Name

Stempfferia zelza (Hewitson, 1873).

Type locality: Nigeria: “Old Calabar”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Epitola zelza Hewitson, 1873: 151; [1878] Suppl.1: 19, pl.1b, figs 15,16; Seitz, 1920: pl.65e.
• Epitola badia Kirby, 1887: 444; [1889] 29, pl.7 figs 3,4. Synonymy in Jackson, 1962: 137.
• Epitola uniformis Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1889]: figs 13,14; Seitz, 1920: pl.64h; (Mis-identifications).
• Stempfferia zelza (Hewitson); Libert, 1999.
• Stempfferia (Cercinia) zelza (Hewitson); Williams, 2007: Epitolina 39.

References

• 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. 
• Jackson, T.H.E. 1962. Notes on the Epitolinae with descriptions of a new genus and a new species and subspecies. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 12: 125–163. BHL. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. F. 1887. Descriptions of new species of Epitola from Cameroons & c. in the collection of Henley Grose-Smith. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)19: 441–445. BHL Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 1999. Révision des genres Epitola Westwood, Hypophytala Clench et Stempfferia Jackson, et description de trois nouveaux genres (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). A.B.R.I., Nairobi and Lambillionea, Tervuren, February, 1999, 219 pp. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1908–1927. Die afrikanischen Tagfalter. Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde 13: 1–613, pls. 1–80. 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.