Mimacraea charmian

Mimacraea charmian from original description.

Taxonavigation

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
Subtribus: Mimacraeina
Genus: Mimacraea
Species: Mimacraea charmian

Name

Mimacraea charmian Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1890].

Type locality: Cameroon.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH?

Synonymy

• Mimacraea charmian Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1890]: 42, pl.10 figs 8,9; Libert, 2000; Williams, 2007: Mimacraeina 5.
• Mimacraea schmidti Schultze, 1923: 1163. Cameroon: “Bipindi (Süd-Kamerun)”. Synonymized by Libert, 2000: 32.
• Mimacraea charmian ertli Joicey and Talbot, 1924: 38. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Belgian Congo: Stanleyville”. Synonymized by Larsen, 2005: 132.

References

• Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page. 
• Joicey, J.J. & Talbot, G., 1924. Descriptions of four new butterflies. Entomologist 57: 37–40. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2000. Révision du genre Mimacraea Butler, avec description de quatre nouvelles espèces et deux nouvelles sous-espèces (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), ABRI, Lambillionea, 1-72. Reference page. 
• Schultze, A., & Aurivillius, C., 1923. Lepidoptera. III. Teil. In: Schubotz, A. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition, 1910-1911. Leipzig 1(17): 1113-1242. BHL text, plates 49,50. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.