Micropentila mukanirwai

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

Micropentila mukanirwai, HT♂, <Up:Un>, Zaire, Stefan Schröder/Alan Cassidy photo.
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

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Micropentila mukanirwai Schröder, 2012.

Type locality: NE Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Beni, Kivu-North, on the eastern border of Zaire.

Holotype: SMFL. male ♂.

References

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  • Schröder, S., 2012. A new species of Micropentila Aurivillius, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Lipteninae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 33(2/3): 69–70. Reference page