Liptena flavicans praeusta

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 praeusta Schultze, 1917.

Type locality: Cameroon: “Südostkamerun”.

Lectotype: ♂ ZSBS, Cameroon, N'ginda, 21.xi.1910 (A.Schultze), designated by Stempffer et.al, 1974: 175.

Liptena flavicans aequatorialis Stempffer, 1956. (synonymized by Libert & Collins, 2018)
- Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo [Zaire]: “Eala, Tshuapa”.
  - Holotype: ♂ MRAC, images.

Schultze, A., 1917. Weitere neue Rhopaloceren aus der Ausbeute der II. Inner-Afrika-Expedition des Herzogs Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 82 (A.3.): 34-39. BHL. 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.