Lipaphnaeus leonina bitje

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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Lipaphnaeus
Species: Lipaphnaeus leonina
Subspecies: Lipaphnaeus leonina bitje

Name

Lipaphnaeus leonina bitje (Druce, 1910)

Type locality: Cameroon: “Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons, 2000 ft.”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, G.L. Bates.

Synonymy

• Spindasis leonina bitje Druce, 1910: 372.
• Lipaphnaeus leonina bitje (Druce); Williams, 2008.
• Note: Williams, 2008, illustrates a male and female from Zambia, Hillwood Nchila, Mwinilunga district, and notes that they may present an undescribed subspecies, rather than bitje from Cameroon.

References

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