Micropentila bakotae

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

Holotype and Allotype in BMNH

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 bakotae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965.

Type locality: Congo: “Republic of Congo, Sembe, Souanke”.

Holotype, Allotype: ♂, ♀ BMNH, i.1960, Nos: Rh. 16897, 16898, (T.H.E. Jackson), 12 Paratypes.

Synonymy

• Micropentila bakotae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965: 416, text fig.17, pl.2, figs 62-65; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 62.

References

• 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.