Powellana cottoni, ♂ from original description.
cottoni, ♀, from Schultze, 1923.

Taxonavigation

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: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Epitolina
Genus: Powellana
Species: Powellana cottoni

Name

Powellana cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: "Makala, Congo Free State".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Powellana cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908: 114, pl.9 fig.13; Aurivillius, 1923: 1209, pl.49, fig.9; Stempffer, 1967: 95; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 78.
  • Satyrimima weberi Holland, 1913: 302. Cameroon: “Lolodorf”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 95.
  • Powellana virginea Birket-Smith, 1960: 970. Cameroon: “Near the River Nyong just south of the Station of Makak”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 95.

References

  • Birket-Smith, S. J. R., 1960. Results from the Danish Expedition to the French Cameroons (1949-1950) XXVII. - Lepidoptera. Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Afrique Noire (A) 22: 521–554, 924-983, 1259-1284. Reference page. 
  • Holland, W. J., 1913. A new Lycaenid from Kamerun, West Africa (Lep.) Entomological News 24(7): 301–303, 1 fig. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Jackson, T.H.E., 1964. Notes on the Epitolinae, Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 15: 59–80. BHL. Reference page. 
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