Hewitsonia congoensis

Hewitsonia congoensis, from original description.

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: Hewitsonia
Species: Hewitsonia congoensis

Name

Hewitsonia congoensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Itoa River, Ituri Forest”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Hewitsonia boisduvalii congoensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921: 87, pl.14, fig.64; Stempffer, 1967: 94.
• Hewitsonia boisduvalii virilis [ab.] Aurivillius, in Schultze and Aurivillius, 1923: 1209. Cameroon: “Süd-Kamerun: Unterer Sangha”.
• Hewitsoniia boisduvalii albifascia [ab.] Hulstaert, 1924: 118. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Kunzulu”. RMCA Type images.
• Hewitsonia boisduvali congoensis [sic] (Joicey & Talbot); Stempffer, 1967: 94.
• Hewitsonia congoensis Joicey & Talbot; Bouyer, 1997: 84; Williams, 2007: Epitolina 73.

References

• 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. 
• Joicey, J. J. & Talbot, G., 1921. New Lepidoptera collected by T. A. Barns in east central Africa. Bulletin of the Hill Museum. 1(IV): 40–166, Pls: 5–16. Reference page. 
• Schultze, A., & Aurivillius, C., 1923. Lepidoptera. III. Teil. In: Schubotz, A. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition, 1910-1911. Leipzig 1(17): 1113-1242. BHL text, plates 49,50. 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.