Lachnocnema reutlingeri

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 reutlingeri
Subspecies: (2) [per Williams, consulted 20.iii.2015]
L. r. reutlingeri – L. r. perspicua

Name

Lachnocnema reutlingeri Holland, 1892.

Type locality: Equatorial Guinea, Bule Country, “Benita”.

Holotype: CM. female ♀.

Synonymy

• Lachnocnema reutlingeri Holland, 1892: 286; Stempffer, 1967: 98; D'Abrera, 2009: 688.
• Arrugia umbra Grose-Smith, 1901: 128, pl. 27, figs 5, 6. Cameroon: “Cameroon”. Synonymised by Larsen, 2005.
• Lachnocnema makakensis Birket-Smith, 1960: 972. Cameroon: “South of the Station of Makak”. Types: ZMUC. Synonymised by Libert, 1996.
• Lachnocnema camerunica D'Abrera, 1980: 471. Cameroon: “Bitje”. Synonymised by Libert, 1996.
• Lachnocnema reutlingeri reutlingeri Holland; Williams, consulted 20.iii.2015.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
• D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page. 
• Birket-Smith, S. J. R., 1960. Results from the Danish Expedition to the French Cameroons (1949-1950) XXVII. - Lepidoptera. Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Afrique Noire (A) 22: 521–554, 924-983, 1259-1284. Reference page. 
• Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. 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. 

Links

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