Liptena bassae

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
Genus: Liptena
Species: Liptena bassae

Name

Liptena bassae Bethune-Baker, 1926.

Type locality: Nigeria: "Kabba Province, N. Nigeria".

Syntypes: NIGERIA: Kabba prov. 11.ix.1904 (BMNH).

Liptena subpunctata Bethune-Baker, 1906: 340. [Nom. praeocc.]
Liptena bassae Bethune-Baker, 1926: 390. [Replacement name.]; Stempffer et.al., 1974: 142, fig.21 [genit.]; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 4.

Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1906. Descriptions of African Lepidoptera. Annals & Magazine of natural History. (7) 18: 339–346. BHL. Reference page.
Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1926. Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera from the Ethiopian Region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 17: 384–402. Reference page.
Stempffer, H., Bennett, N. H. & May, S. J. 1974. A revision of some groups of Liptena Westwood (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 30: 107–181. BHL Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

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