Tetrarhanis decempunctata

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: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Liptenina
Genus: Tetrarhanis
Species: Tetrarhanis decempunctata

Name

Tetrarhanis decempunctata (Schultze, 1923)

Type locality: Cameroon: “Süd-Kamerun: Molundu; Boenga”.

Syntypes: ZMUH. male ♂ and female ♀

Synonymy

• Liptena decempunctata Schultze, 1923 (original combination)
• Tetrarhanis decempunctata (Schultze): Libert, 2020: 129
• Tetrarhanis souanke Stempffer, 1962 (synonymized by Libert, 2020: 129)
  • Type locality: Sembé, district de Souanké, Congo.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. II.1960. legit T.H.E. Jackson.

References

Primary references

• Schultze, A., & Aurivillius, C., 1923. Lepidoptera. III. Teil. In: Schubotz, A. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition, 1910-1911. Leipzig 1(17): 1113-1242. BHL text, plates 49,50. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Libert, M. 2020. Taxonomic notes on some Liptenini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 31(1): 129–131. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1962. Contribution a l’étude des lépidoptères Lycaenidae d’Afrique tropicale et équatoriale. Bulletin de la l’Institut Francaise d’Afrique Noire (A) 24: 1135-1181. 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. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.