Melphinyet eala

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Melphinyet
Species: Melphinyet eala

Name

Melphinyet eala (Evans, 1956)

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Eala.

Type: HT MRAC. female ♂.

Synonymy

♦ Melphina melphis forma eala Evans, 1956ː 885; Lepindex.
♦ Melphina eala Evans; Berger, 1975ː 67.
♦ Melphinyet eala (Evans); Larsen, 2012: 18.

References

• Berger, L.A. 1975. Descriptions preliminaires de Melphina du Zaire (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Lambillionea 74(9-10): 66-69. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1956. Revisional notes on African Hesperiidae. Annals and Magazine of natural History 12(8): 881–885. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2012. Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Melphina Evans and the description of two new genera: Melphinyet and Noctulana (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae, incertae sedis). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 22(1): 16–23. Reference page.