Pentila phidia

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: Pentilina
Genus: Pentila
Species: Pentila phidia

Pentila phidia Hewitson, 1874.

Type locality: Ghana: “between Mansu and the River Prah”.

Holotype: BMNH?

Pentila phidia Hewitson, 1874: 383; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 41.
Pentila abraxas phidia Hewitson; Stempffer & Bennett, 1961: 1184 (fig + genit.); Stempffer, 1967: 17.
Tingra phidia (Hewitson); Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1893]: 93, pl.21 fig.5.
Tingra nunu Karsch, 1893: 215, pl.5 fig.10. Togo: “Bismarckburg”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Pentilina 41.

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.
Hewitson, W.C. 1874. A list of the butterflies taken on the march to Coomassie by Lieutenant Alwin S. Bell, of the 2nd West-India Regiment, between Mansa and the River Prah, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)13: 380–383. BHL. Reference page.
Karsch, F., 1893. Die Insekten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 38: 1-266. Reference page.
Stempffer, H. & Bennett, N.H. 1961. Revision du genre Pentila Westwood (Lep. Lycaenidae). Bulletin de l’Institut Francais d’Afrique Noire (A) 23: 1098–1211. 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.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.