Micropentila adelgitha

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Genus: Micropentila
Species: Micropentila adelgitha

Teriomima adelgitha from Grose-Smith & Kirby.

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

Micropentila adelgitha Hewitson, 1874.

Type locality: Gabon: "Gaboon".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Liptena adelgitha Hewitson, 1874: 36.
• Lycaena moneta Mabille, 1890: 23, pl.4, fig.4. Ivory Caost: “Assinie”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 60.
• Teriomima adelgitha (Hewitson); Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892: 79, pl.19, figs 4-6.
• Micropentila adelgitha (Hewitson); Stempffer & Bennett, 1965: 402, text fig.2; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 61.

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. 
• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new Lycaenidae from West Africa. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 11: 36 BHL. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P., 1890. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d’Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Lepidopteres avec des notes sur quelques autres especes d’Afrique. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (Ser. 6)10: 17–51, BHL. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., & Bennett, N.H. 1965. A revision of the genus Micropentila Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 15: 397–434. BHL Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.