Liptena flavicans

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Genus: Liptena
Species: Liptena flavicans
Subspecies: (5)
L. f. aequatorialis – L. f. flavicans – L. f. katera – L. f. oniens – L. f. praeusta

flavicans, ♂♀, from original description.

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

Name

Liptena flavicans Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1891].

Type locality: Cameroon: “Barombi, Cameroons”.

Syntypes: "probably destroyed" - Stempffer et.al, 1974.

Synonymy

• Pentila flavicans Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891: 50, pl.12, figs 5-8.
• Liptena flavicans (Grose-Smith & Kirby); Stempffer et.al, 1974: 173; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 12.
• Liptena flavicans oniens Talbot, 1935. (synonymized by Libert & Collins, 2018)
  • Type locality: Nigeria, 70 miles E. of Lagos, 1 mile E. of Oni.
    • Holotype: OUMNH, male ♂. forest, 10.iii.1912, (W.A. Lamborn)

References

• 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. 
• Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. 2018. Three new species of Liptena Westwood, [1851] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 29: 118–125. PDF. 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.