Liptena modesta

Teriomima modesta, ♂, from Rhopalocera Exotica, 1892.

Liptena sauberi in Schultze, 1923.

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 modesta

Name

Liptena modesta (Kirby, 1890)

Type locality: “Cameroons”.

Holotype: MfN. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Teriomima modesta Kirby, 1890: 270; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892: 81, pl.XIX, figs 7,8.
• Pseuderesia latruncularia Holland, 1890: 426. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 55.
• Liptena modesta (Kirby); Stempffer, 1967: 55; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 22.
• Liptena sauberi Schultze, 1912 (synonymized by Libert, 2020: 130
  • Type locality: Cameroon: “Yakaduma (Süd-Kamerun) und Dalugere (Urwaldgrenze Süd-Kameruns)”.
    • Holotype: ZMUH. male ♂.

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. 
• Kirby, W.F. 1890. Descriptions of new species of African Lycaenidae chiefly from the collections of Dr. Staudinger and Mr. Henley Grose-Smith. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (6)6: 261–274. BHL Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J., 1890. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 5: 423–431. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2020. Taxonomic notes on some Liptenini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 31(1): 129–131. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.