Liptena boei priscilla

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 boei
Subspecies: Liptena boei priscilla

Name

Liptena boei priscilla Larsen, 1995.

Type locality: Nigeria, Obudu Plateau.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 07.III.1962. genitalia slide no. 29358. (leg. R.G.T.St. Leger).

Synonymy

• Liptena priscilla Larsen, 1995
• Liptena boei priscilla (Larsen): Libert & Collins, 2018

References

Primary references

• Larsen, T.B. 1995. Liptena priscilla a new liptenid butterfly from Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologist's record and journal of variation 107(1–2): 29–32. BHL Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 1993. Description de nouveaux lycenides orophiles du Cameroun (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 97 (4): 321–332. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. 2018. Three new species of Liptena Westwood, [1851] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 29: 118–125. PDF. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.