Telipna acraea

Telipna acraea from original description.

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: Pentilina
Genus: Telipna
Species: Telipna acraea
Subspecies: (3) per Williams, 2007.
T. a. acraea – T. a. fervida – T. a. nigrita

Name

Telipna acraea Westwood, [1851].

Type locality: Ghana: “Ashanti”.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH; Neallotype: ♂ MNHN.

Synonymy

• Pentila acraea Westwood, [1851]: pl. 77; [1852] 504; Hewitson, [1877]: Fig.12.
• Pentila acraea bimacula (var.) Plötz, 1880: 199. Infrasubspecific.
• Liptena echo Grose-Smith and Kirby, [1890]: pl.10. Ghana: “Gold Coast”. Type ZMHU.
• Liptena acraea conjuncta Jackson, 1969: 5. Nigeria: “Benin Prov., Ubiaja”. BMNH Synonymized by Libert, 2005: 16.
• Telipna acraea acraea (Westwood); Stempffer, 1967: 11; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 55.

References

• Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J.O. 1850–1852. The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, 2: 251–534, pls 31–81. Text, plates. London. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page. 
• Jackson, T.H.E. 1969. A revision of the genus Telipna Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 23: 1–23, 5 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2005: Révision du genre Telipna Aurivillius (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea, 1-89.
• Plötz, C. 1880. Verzeichniss der vom Professor Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika – vom 5.Gr. nordl. Bis. 3.Gr. sudl, Breite, auf dem Cameroons-Gebirge in unge fahrer hohe von 4000 Fuss und auf der Insel Fernando-Po, vom August 1872 bis November 1875 – gesammelten Schmetterlinge. Entomologische Zeitung 41: Heterocera 76–88; Rhopalocera 189–206; 306-307. 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.