Micropentila triangularis

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

M. triangularis, ♂, from Seitz.

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 triangularis Aurivillius, 1895.

Type locality: Cameroon, "Vevaka".

Holotype: (According to information from the Stockholm Museum the type of this species was lost while in the care of Prof. A. Seitz during the First World War) - Stempffer & Bennett, 1965: 434).

Synonymy

• Micropentila triangularis Aurivillius, 1895: 203; Aurivillius, 1922: 340, pl.64b; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 71.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter. 4. Entomologisk Tidskrift 16: 255–268. BHL Reference page. 
• Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. 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.