Liptena homeyeri

Liptena homeyeri from original description.

Liptena homeyeri from Druce, 1905.

L. homeyeri straminea, ♂, from original description.

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 homeyeri
Subspecies: (2)
L. h. bimacula – L. h. homeyeri – L. h. straminea

Name

Liptena homeyeri Dewitz, 1884.

Type locality: “Westafrika”.

Holotype: MfN. (no sex). n° 22637

Synonymy

• Liptena homeyeri Dewitz, 1884. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 28: 188, Pl.1 figs 3,3A; Druce, 1905: 252, pl.13, fig.5; Stempffer, 1967: 54; Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974: 170; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 15.
• Liptena homeyeri straminea Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974.
  • Type locality: Angola: “Bange Ngola”.
    • Holotype: ♂ BMNH, 5.x.1903, (Dr. Ansorge), BM Type #: Rhop.17292.

References

• Dewitz, H. 1884. Drei neue westafrikansche Tagschmetterlinge. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 1884: 187–188, Pl.1. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1905. Descriptions of some new species of diurnal Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Harold Cookson in northern Rhodesia, in 1903 and 1904. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [53(2)]: 251–262, pl. 13. text, plate. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1905.tb02453.x Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2022. Notes on Liptena homeyeri Dewitz, 1884, with description of a subspecies (Papilionoidea, Lycaenidae, Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 33: 127–129. DOI: 10.4314/met.v33i1.14. Full article (PDF). 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. 
• 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.