Neurellipes lychnaptes

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Neurellipes
Species: Neurellipes lychnaptes
Species: N. l. anochreus – N. l. lychnaptes

Name

Neurellipes lychnaptes (Holland, 1891).

Type locality: Gabon, Ogové River.

Holotype: CM, Pittsburgh. male ♂. leg. A.C. Good.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes lychnaptes Holland, 1891: 51; Bethune-Baker, 1910: 62.
• Lycaenesthes lychnoptera Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893: 97, figs 1-2. Unjustified emendation.
• Anthene (Neurellipes) fulvus Stempffer, 1962: 1180. TL: Cameroun. HT: ♂ BMNH.
• Anthene lychnaptes (Holland); Stempffer, 1967: 192; Ackery et al., 1995: 625.
• Neurellipes lychnaptes lychnaptes (Holland); Libert, 2010: 253 (comb. nov.)

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Holland, W. J., 1891. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae; Paper II. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology. Cambridge, Mass. 6: 50-53. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1962. Contribution a l’étude des lépidoptères Lycaenidae d’Afrique tropicale et équatoriale. Bulletin de la l’Institut Francaise d’Afrique Noire (A) 24: 1135-1181. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.