Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Melphinyet
Species: Melphinyet eala
Name
Melphinyet eala (Evans, 1956)
Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Eala.
Type: HT MRAC. female ♂.
Synonymy
♦ Melphina melphis forma eala Evans, 1956ː 885.
♦ Melphina eala Evans; Berger, 1975ː 67.
♦ Melphinyet eala (Evans); Larsen, 2012: 18.
References
- Berger, L.A. 1975. Descriptions preliminaires de Melphina du Zaire (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Lambillionea 74(9-10): 66-69. Reference page.
- Evans, W.H. 1956. Revisional notes on African Hesperiidae. Annals and Magazine of natural History 12(8): 881–885. Reference page.
- Larsen, T.B. 2012. Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Melphina Evans and the description of two new genera: Melphinyet and Noctulana (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae, incertae sedis). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 22(1): 16–23. Reference page.