Micropentila brunnea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Genus: Micropentila
Species: Micropentila brunnea
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2007.
M. b. brunnea – M. b. centralis

brunnea ♀ from Rhopalocera Exotica.
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 edit

Micropentila brunnea Kirby, 1887.

Type locality: “West Africa ?”, typically Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, S. Nigeria. (Stempffer, 1965).

Holotype: ♂ BMNH? genit. prep. #2353.

Synonymy edit

  • Lucia brunnea Kirby, 1887: 368; Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1888]: 16, pl.4, figs 5,6.
  • Micropentila brunnea (Kirby); Stempffer & Bennett, 1965: 410, text fig.10; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 63.

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