Liptena praestans congoensis

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 praestans
Subspecies: Liptena praestans congoensis

Name

Liptena praestans congoensis Schultze, 1923.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Belg. Kongo: Kimuenza”; Congo: “Franz. Congo: Ouesso”; Cameroon: “Süd-Kamerun: Unterer Sanga”.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Liptena praestans congoensis [var.] Schultze, 1923: 1181.
• Liptena hulstaerti Hawker-Smith, 1926: 239 (237-241). Democratic Republic of Congo: “andoa”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Liptenina 29. HT: MRAC images.
• Liptena praestans kamitugensis (form) Dufrane, 1945: 118. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Kamituga”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Liptenina 29.
• Liptena praestans congoensis (Schultze); Stempffer, 1967: 55; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 29.

References

• Dufrane, A., 1945. Lépidoptères du Kivu (3rd note) (1). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Entomologique de Belgique 81: 90–143. 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. 
• Hawker-Smith, W., 1926. Some new Lycaenidae in the Congo Museum. Revue Zoologique Africaine 14: 237–241. Reference page. 
• Schultze, A., & Aurivillius, C., 1923. Lepidoptera. III. Teil. In: Schubotz, A. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition, 1910-1911. Leipzig 1(17): 1113-1242. BHL text, plates 49,50. 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.