Lachnocnema emperamus

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: Miletinae
Tribus: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Lachnocnema
Species: Lachnocnema emperamus

Name

Lachnocnema emperamus Snellen, 1872.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo/Angola: "At the mouth of the River Congo".

Holotype: NCB. male ♂. 1868. legit Z. v. Woerben.

Synonymy

Lucia emperamus Snellen, 1872: 25.
Lycaena emperamus Snellen, 1872; Williams, consulted 20.iii.2015. [incorrect genus].
Lachnocnema brimo Karsch, 1893: 217. Togo. HT ♂ RMCA, images. Synonymised by Libert, 1996.
Lachnocnema brimu [sic] Karsch; Kielland, 1990d: 179. [mis-spelling].
Lachnocnema sudanica Aurivillius, 1905: 11. Nigeria: “Benue: Lokodja”. Holotype: SMNH, images.
Lachnocnema obliquisigna Hulstaert, 1924: 119. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Région de Sassa”. Synonymised by Williams. HT ♂ RMCA, images.
Lachnocnema rectifascia Hulstaert, 1924: 119. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Région de Sassa”. Synonymised by Williams. HT ♂ RMCA, images.
=Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius); Stempffer, 1967: 98; Ackery et al., 1995.
Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen); Libert, 1996; D'Abrera, 2009: 688, Williams, consulted 20.iii.2015.

References

D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page.
Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page.
Aurivillius, P.O.C. 1905. Lieutnant A. Schultzes Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12): 1–47, 5 pls. text, plates. Reference page.
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.
Karsch, F., 1893. Die Insekten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 38: 1-266. Reference page.
Libert, M., 1996. Contribution à l’étude des Lycaenidae africains : Révision du genre Lachnocnema Trimen. (Part 1) Lambillionea 96 (1): 185–202; (Part 2) Lambillionea 96 (2): 367–386; (Part 3) Lambillionea 96 (3): 479–500. Reference page.
Snellen, P.C.T. 1872. Bijdrage tot de Vlinder-Faune van Neder-Guinea, zuidwestelijk gedeelte van Afrika. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 15: 1–112. 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.

Links

Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Lachnocnema Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.