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Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Pentila
Species: Pentila abraxas
Name
Pentila abraxas (Westwood, [1851]).
Type locality: Sierra Leone, (see Larsen, 2005), not Ghana.
Holotype: BMNH?
Synonymy
- Liptena abraxas Westwood, [1851]: pl. 77, fig.5; [1852]: 504.
- Pentila abraxas "[var.]" (Westwood); Hewitson, [1873]: txt, plate; Aurivillius, 1895: 196.
- Pentila tripunctata Aurivillius, 1895: 197. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 17.
- Pentila abraxas abraxas (Westwood); Stempffer & Bennett, 1961: 1181 (genit.); Stempffer, 1967: 17; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 23.
References
- Aurivillius, C. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter. 3. Entomologisk tidskrift 16: 195–220. BHL Reference page.
- Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page.
- Larsen, T.B., 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1-270. Reference page.
- Stempffer, H. & Bennett, N.H. 1961. Revision du genre Pentila Westwood (Lep. Lycaenidae). Bulletin de l’Institut Francais d’Afrique Noire (A) 23: 1098–1211. 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.
- Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.