evanescens, from Grose-Smith & Kirby, Rhop. Exot.
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
Genus: Liptena
Species: Liptena evanescens

Name

Liptena evanescens Kirby, 1887.

Type locality: "Cameroons".

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

  • Pentila evanescens Kirby, 1887: 364; Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1887]: 5, pl.II, figs 11,12.
  • Teriomima xanthis Holland, 1890: 429. Gabon: “upon the upper waters of the River Ogove in the French Territory of Gaboon”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
    • Note: Larsen (2005) suspects that xanthis may be a valid species but says that too little material is available for study.
  • Liptena evanescens (Kirby); Stempffer, 1967: 54; Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974: fig. 37, genit.; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 11.

References

  • Holland, W.J., 1890. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology. Cambridge, Mass. 5: 423–431. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Larsen, T.B., 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1-270. Reference page. 
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