Kakumia ferruginea

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: Liptenina
Genus: Kakumia
Species: Kakumia ferruginea

Name

Kakumia ferruginea Schultze, 1923.

Type locality: Cameroon: “Süd-Kamerun: M’peum”.

Holotype: tbc.

Liptena ferruginea Schultze, 1923: 1184; Stempffer, 1967: 55; Bridges, 1994: VIII.176. (original combination)
Kakumia ferruginea (Schultze); Collins & Larsen, 1998: 67, pl.1b, figs 1-3; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 41.
Pentila occidentalis Bethune-Baker, 1926
- Type locality: Cameroon: “Bitje, 2000 ft., Cameroons”.
  - Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.

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