Epitola doleta from Rhopalocera Exotica.
Epitola pinodoides in Rhopalocera Exotica.

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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Cephetola
Species: Cephetola cephena
Subspecies: Cephetola cephena cephena

Name

Cephetola cephena cephena (Hewitson, 1873).

Type locality: Gabon: “Gaboon”.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Epitola cephena Hewitson, 1873: 151; [1879]: Suppl.19, pl.1b, figs 9,10.
  • Epitola doleta Kirby, 1890: 273. Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 57, pl.17, figs 1,2.
  • Epitola pinodoides Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1893: 85, pl.20, figs 1,2; Ackery, et al., 1995: 524. Sierra Leone: “Mocquerys”. Synonymized by Libert, 1999.
  • Phytala leonina Bethune-Baker, 1903: 328. Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”. Invalid, pre-occ Epitola leonina Staudinger, 1888.
  • Epitola leonensis Bethune-Baker, 1904: 227. Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”.
  • Epitola cephena cephena Hewitson; Stempffer, 1967: 88.
  • Cephetola cephena cephena (Hewitson); Libert, 1999; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 41.

References

  • Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. On new species of Lycaenidae from West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 12: 324–334. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1904. On new species of Rhopalocera from Sierra Leone. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7)14: 222–233. 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. 
  • Hewitson, W. C., 1873. Descriptions of six new species of Epitola from the west coast of Africa. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 10: 149–151. 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. 
  • Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. Reference page. 
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