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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Neurellipes
Species: Neurellipes lachares
Subspecies: Neurellipes lachares lachares

Name

Neurellipes lachares lachares (Hewitson, [1878]).

Type locality: Cameroon: “Cameroons”.

Holotype: BMNH . female ♀.

Synonymy

  • Lycaenesthes lachares Hewitson, [1878]: 225, pl. 91, figs 33, 34; Bethune-Baker, 1910: 47, pl. 2, fig. 9 ♀, pl. 8, fig. 24 genit.
  • Lycaenesthes pulcher Grose-Smith and Kirby, [1893](3): 105, figs 9, 10. Gabon: “North Gaboon”.
  • Lycaenesthes liparis Grose-Smith, 1898: 357. Nigeria: “Warri”.
  • Lycaenesthes lachares obsolescens (var.) Bethune-Baker, 1910: 48, pl. 2, fig. 8. No locality.
  • Pseudoliptena bitje Stempffer, 1946: 9. Cameroon: “Bitje, Ja River”. Paratype ♀ OUMNH ex-Brodie coll. images.
  • Anthene lachares lachares (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 191.
  • Anthene (Anthene) lachares (Hewitson); Williams, 2008.
  • Neurellipes lachares lachares (Hewitson); Libert, 2010: 291.

References

  • Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
  • Grose-Smith, H., 1898. Descriptions of new Species of African Butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novit. zool. 5(3): 350–358. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Libert, M., 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea, 1-420. Reference page. 
  • Stempffer, H., 1946. Contribution à l’étude des Lycaenidae de la faune éthiopienne. Revue française d’entomologie 13: 8-19. Reference page. 
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