Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Liptenina
Genus: Falcuna
Species: Falcuna libyssa
Subspecies: (3)
F. l. angolensis – F. l. cameroonica – F. l. lybissa

Liptena libyssa, ♂, from original description.
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

Name

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Falcuna libyssa Hewitson, [1866].

Type locality: Nigeria: “Old Calabar”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

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  • Liptena libyssa Hewitson, [1866]: 66 pl.33, figs 5,6.
  • Falcuna libyssa (Hewitson); Stempffer & Bennett, 1963: 174; Bridges, 1994: VIII.260.
  • Falcuna libyssa libyssa (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 47; Williams, 1995: Liptenina 53.
  • Liptena libyassa [sic] Hewitson; Robbins, 1988: 362, fig.15. [mis-spelling].

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