Pseuderesia eleaza eleaza

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Liptenina
Genus: Pseuderesia
Species: Pseuderesia eleaza
Subspecies: Pseuderesia eleaza eleaza

Pentila eleaza, ♂, from original description.

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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

Pseuderesia eleaza eleaza Hewitson, [1873].

Type locality: Nigeria: “Old Calabar”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Pentila eleaza Hewitson, [1873]: 85, figs 11,12.
• Pseuderesia catharina Butler, 1874: 532, pl.11, figs 4,5. Ghana: “Whydah, on the Gold Coast”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
• Pseuderesia variegata Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890: 45, pl.11, figs13,14. Ghana: “Gold Coast”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
• Pseuderesia picta Grose-Smith, 1898: 356. Nigeria: “Warri”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
• Pseuderesia nigra Cator, 1904: 74. Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”. Synonymized by Larsen, 2005: 135.
• Pseuderesia eleaza eleaza (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 35; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 73.

References

• Butler, A. G., 1874. Descriptions of three new species and a new genus of diurnal lepidoptera, from the collection of Andrew Swanzy, Esq. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 531–533. BHL. Reference page. 
• Cator, D. 1904. On new species of Lycaenidae from Sierra Leone. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)13: 73–76. 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. 
• Grose-Smith, H., 1898. Descriptions of new Species of African Butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novit. zool. 5(3): 350–358. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, Figs. 229-348. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.