Liptena perobscura

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

Liptena perobscura Druce, 1910.

Type locality: Cameroon: “Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons, 2000 ft”.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH, (G.L. Bates).

Liptena perobscura Druce, 1910: 362, pl.33, fig.13; Stempffer, Bennett & May, 159; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 27.
Liptena kelle Stempffer, 1964: 1231, figs 6♂,7♀. Synonymy in Stempffer, Bennett & May, 1974
- Type locality: Congo (Brazzaville).
  - Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. IV.1963. legit T.H.E. Jackson.

Druce, H.H. 1910. Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from tropical West Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 356–378, 3 Plates. Reference page.
Stempffer, H., 1964. Contribution a l’etude des Lycaenidae d’Afrique tropicale et equatoriale. Bulletin de la l’Institut Francaise d’Afrique Noire (A) 26: 1226-1287. 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.