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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 petreia
Name
Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874.
Type locality: Ghana: “between Mansu and the River Prah”.
Holotype: BMNH ?
Synonymy
- Pentila petreia Hewitson, 1874: 382; Stempffer & Bennett, 1961: 1170; Stempffer, 1967: 19; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 40.
- Tingra tripunctata Druce, 1888: 109. Ghana: “Addah, W. Africa”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Pentilina 40.
- Tingra petreia (Hewitson); Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1889]: 32, pl.8 figs 7,8.
References
- Druce, H.H. 1888. Descriptions of several new species of Lycaenidae from W. Africa. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 25: 108–109. 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.
- Hewitson, W.C. 1874. A list of the butterflies taken on the march to Coomassie by Lieutenant Alwin S. Bell, of the 2nd West-India Regiment, between Mansa and the River Prah, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)13: 380–383. BHL. 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.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.