Liptena praestans

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Genus: Liptena
Species: Liptena praestans
Subspecies: (2)
L. p. congoensis – L. p. praestans

Pentila praestans, ♂, from original description.
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

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Liptena praestans Grose-Smith, 1901.

Type locality: Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH, (G.L. Bates).

Synonymy

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  • Pentila praestans Grose-Smith, [1901]: 141, pl.29, figs 15,16.
  • Liptena praestans praestans (Grose-Smith); Stempffer, 1967: 55; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 28.

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