Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Genus: Liptena
Species: Liptena opaca
Subspecies:
L. o. centralis –
L. o. gabunica –
L. o. opaca –
L. o. sankuru –
L. o. ugandana
Name
Liptena opaca (Kirby, 1890).
Type locality: Cameroun.
Lectotype: ♂ BMNH . (designated by Stempffer et al. 1974: 118).
Synonymy
- Larinopoda opaca Kirby, 1890: 266; 1892: 65, Pl.XVI, figs 3,4.
- Liptena opaca (Kirby); Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974: 118; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 24.
References
- Kirby, W.F. 1890. Descriptions of new species of African Lycaenidae chiefly from the collections of Dr. Staudinger and Mr. Henley Grose-Smith. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (6)6: 261–274. BHL Reference page.
- Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page.
- Stempffer, H., Bennett, N. H. & May, S. J. 1974. A revision of some groups of Liptena Westwood (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 30: 107–181. BHL Reference page.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.