Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Leptotes
Species: Leptotes pulchra
Name
Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874).
Type locality: “West Africa”.
Holotype: not located.
Synonymy
- Lycaena pulchra Murray, 1874: 524, pl. 10, figs 7, 8.
- Tarucus pulchra (Murray); Dufrane, 1953: 56.
- Tarucus pulchra deficiens (forma) Dufrane, 1953: 56. Democratic Republic of Congo: “rivière Kikisi, zone minière sud de la Compagnie Minière des Grands Lacs Africains”.
- Syntarucus pulchra (Murray); Stempffer, 1967: 221.
- Leptotes pulchra (Murray); Williams, 2008, Polyommatini 1: 56.
References
- Dufrane, A., 1953. Lépidoptères du Kivu (5th Note). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Entomologique de Belgique 89: 52 (41-57). Reference page.
- Murray, Rev.R.P., 1874. Descriptions of some new species belonging to the genus Lycaena. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond 22(4): 523-529, pl.10. BHL plate 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.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.