Lachnocnema magna

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

Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895.

Type locality: Cameroon: “Ekundu, Kitta”.

Holotype: ♀ NRM. 12.III.1891 (Löfdahl) images. Neallotype ♂ RMCA, Congo, images.

Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895: 209; Stempffer, 1967: 98.
Lachnocnema busoga Bethune-Baker, 1906: 105; Ackery et al., 1995; synonymised by Libert, 1996.
Lachnocnema niveus Druce, 1910: 368, pl. 34, fig. 4. Cameroon: “Bitje, Ja River”; synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 98.

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, C. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter. 4. Entomologisk Tidskrift 16: 255–268. BHL Reference page.
Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1906. Descriptions of some new African butterflies. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 17: 104–110. BHL. Reference page.
Druce, H.H. 1910. Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from tropical West Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 356–378, 3 Plates. 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.
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., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Lachnocnema Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.