Micropentila dorothea

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: Micropentila
Species: Micropentila dorothea

Name

Micropentila dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1903.

Type locality: Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”.

Neallotype: ♀ BMNH, 7.ii.1903, No. Rh.16887, ex-Cator coll.

Synonymy

• Micropentila dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1903: 327; Stempffer & Bennett, 1965: 407, text fig.8, pl.1, figs 42,43; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 64.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. On new species of Lycaenidae from West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 12: 324–334. 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.