Lachnocnema niveus Druce, ♀ 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
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: Miletinae
Tribus: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Lachnocnema
Species: Lachnocnema magna

Name

Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895.

Type locality: Cameroon: “Ekundu, Kitta”.

Holotype: ♀ NRM. 12.III.1891 (Löfdahl) images. Neallotype ♂ RMCA, Congo, images.

Synonymy

  • Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895: 209; Stempffer, 1967: 98.
  • Lachnocnema busoga Bethune-Baker, 1906: 105; Ackery et al., 1995; synonymised by Libert, 1996.
  • Lachnocnema niveus Druce, 1910: 368, pl. 34, fig. 4. Cameroon: “Bitje, Ja River”; synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 98.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page. 
  • Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1906. Descriptions of some new African butterflies. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 17: 104–110. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Libert, M., 1996. Contribution à l’étude des Lycaenidae africains : Révision du genre Lachnocnema Trimen. (Part 1) Lambillionea 96 (1): 185–202; (Part 2) Lambillionea 96 (2): 367–386; (Part 3) Lambillionea 96 (3): 479–500. Reference page. 
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