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: Triclema
Species: Triclema nigeriae

Name

Triclema nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905).

Type locality: Cameroon: “Itoki”.

Holotype: ZMB . male ♂. 13.II.1903. leg. A. Schultze.

Synonymy

  • Lycaenesthes nigeriae Aurivillius, 1905: 16, pl. 3, fig. 4 male.
  • Triclema nigeriae (Aurivillius); Bethune-Baker, 1910: 78; Stempffer, 1967: 200; Libert, 2010: 337.
  • Triclema lydia Hulstaert, 1924: 184. HT/AT: ♂,♀, RMCA, TL: Congo: “K. 245 du Kindu”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 200. ♂ images, ♀ images.
  • Anthene maesseni Stempffer, 1957: 223. TL: Togo: “Kpandu, Togo anglais”. Synonymized by Larsen, 2005.
  • Anthene (Triclema) nigeriae (Aurivillius); Willams, 2008.

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. 
  • Hulstaert, R. P. G., 1924. Lycaenidae nouveaux des collections du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 12: 112–122, 173-194. Reference page. 
  • Larsen, T.B., 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1-270. Reference page. 
  • Libert, M., 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea, 1-420. Reference page. 
  • Stempffer, H., 1957. Contribution a l’etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne. Bulletin de la l’Institut Francaise d’Afrique Noire (A) 19: 209-227. Reference page. 
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