Telipna acraea nigrita

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: Telipna acraea nigrita

Name

Telipna acraea nigrita Talbot, 1935.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Haut Congo, Basankusu, Bondanganga, 9 IV 1928 (G. Vinall)”.

Types: OUMNH, HT ♀ images; NeAT ♂ images.

Synonymy

• Telipna acraea bimacula nigrita (fem. form) Talbot, 1935: 70; Stempffer, 1967: 12.
• Telipna acraea nigrita Talbot; Jackson, 1969: 5; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 56.
• Telipna acraea zairiensis Berger, 1981: 223. D.R. Congo: “Luali (Mayumbe)”. Types MRAC: HT♀ images, AT♂ images. Synonymized by Libert, 2005: 19.

References

• Berger, L. A., 1981. Les Papillons du Zaire. Weissenbruch, Bruxelles, 543pp., 213 pls. 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. 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. 
• Talbot, G. 1935. New species and forms of African Lycaenidae (Lep.: Rhop.) [and supplement]. Entomologist's monthly magazine 71: 69-78, 115-127, 147-153; ill.; Suppl.: 202-209; ill. buy. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.