Epitola posthumus

Epitola posthumus in Grossschmetterlinge Erde.

Taxonavigation edit

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: Epitola
Species: Epitola posthumus

Name edit

Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793).

Type locality: None originally.

Neotype: Designated from Ashanti, Ghana by Libert, 1999.

Synonymy edit

  • Papilio posthumus Fabricius, 1793: 149.
  • Epitola elion Westwood, in Doubleday & Westwood, 1846-1852: 471, pl.68. Ghana: “Ashanti”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
  • Epitola belli Hewitson, 1874: 382. Ghana: “Coomassie, between Mansu and the River Prah”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
  • Epitola posthumus (Fabricius); Aurivillius in Seitz, 1920: 351, pl.64e; Stempffer, 1967: 90; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 9.

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