Liptena helena

helena and erycinoides from Rhopalocera Exotica.

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
Genus: Liptena
Species: Liptena helena

Name

Liptena helena Druce, H.H., 1888.

Type locality: Ghana: “Addah, W. Africa”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Pseuderesia helena Druce, 1888: 108; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890: 35, pl.9, figs 1,2.
• Durbania erycinoides Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890: 47, pl.11, figs 11,12. HT: ♀ “Cameroons”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 54.
• Liptena helena (Druce); Stempffer, 1967: 54; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 15.

References

• Druce, H.H. 1888. Descriptions of several new species of Lycaenidae from W. Africa. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 25: 108–109. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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.