Epitola urania ♂, in Rhopalocera Exotica.

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 urania

Name edit

Epitola urania Kirby, 1887.

Type locality: Cameroon: “Cameroons”.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy edit

  • Epitola urania Kirby, 1887: 441; Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1889]: 23, pl.6 figs 1,2; Libert, 1999: 39; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 9.
  • Epitola urania tanganikensis Joicey and Talbot, 1921: 86; Ackery, et al., 1995: 525. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Albertville, Tanganyika”. Synonymized by Libert, 1999: 39.
  • Epitola urania urania Kirby; Stempffer, 1967: 90.

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