Pentila umangiana

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 umangiana
Subspecies: (6) per Williams, 2007.
P. u. connectens – P. u. fontainei – P. u. meridionalis – P. u. mpanda – P. u. prodita – P. u. umangiana

Name

Pentila umangiana Aurivillius, 1898.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Congogebiet: Umangi”.

Holotype: ♀ IRSN, (E. Wilverth). Neallotype ♂ RMCA, images

Synonymy

• Pentila umangiana Aurivillius, 1898: 181.

• Pentila umangiana umangiana Aurivillius; Stempffer, 1961: 1150 (genit.); Stempffer, 1967: 20; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 51.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1898. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. 4. Entomologisk Tidskrift 19: 177–186. BHL 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.