Cephetola cephena cephena

Epitola doleta from Rhopalocera Exotica.

Epitola pinodoides in Rhopalocera Exotica.

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Cephetola
Species: Cephetola cephena
Subspecies: Cephetola cephena cephena

Name

Cephetola cephena cephena (Hewitson, 1873).

Type locality: Gabon: “Gaboon”.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Epitola cephena Hewitson, 1873: 151; [1879]: Suppl.19, pl.1b, figs 9,10.
• Epitola doleta Kirby, 1890: 273. Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 57, pl.17, figs 1,2.
• Epitola pinodoides Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1893: 85, pl.20, figs 1,2; Ackery, et al., 1995: 524. Sierra Leone: “Mocquerys”. Synonymized by Libert, 1999.
• Phytala leonina Bethune-Baker, 1903: 328. Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”. Invalid, pre-occ Epitola leonina Staudinger, 1888.
• Epitola leonensis Bethune-Baker, 1904: 227. Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”.
• Epitola cephena cephena Hewitson; Stempffer, 1967: 88.
• Cephetola cephena cephena (Hewitson); Libert, 1999; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 41.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. On new species of Lycaenidae from West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 12: 324–334. BHL. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1904. On new species of Rhopalocera from Sierra Leone. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7)14: 222–233. 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. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1873. Descriptions of six new species of Epitola from the west coast of Africa. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 10: 149–151. BHL. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W.F. 1890. Descriptions of new species of African Lycaenidae chiefly from the collections of Dr. Staudinger and Mr. Henley Grose-Smith. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (6)6: 261–274. BHL Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 1999. Révision des genres Epitola Westwood, Hypophytala Clench et Stempfferia Jackson, et description de trois nouveaux genres (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). A.B.R.I., Nairobi and Lambillionea, Tervuren, February, 1999, 219 pp. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. 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.