Stempfferia iturina

Epitola bella from original description.

Epitola iturina ♂, verso, Jackson, 1962.

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: Epitolina
Genus: Stempfferia
Species: Stempfferia iturina

Name

Stempfferia iturina (Joicey & Talbot, 1921).

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Forest between Ituri and Lindi Rivers, S.W. of Avakubi”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Epitola iturina Joicey & Talbot, 1921: 85, pl.14 fig.62; Jackson, 1962: 142, pls 9,10 figs 86,96; Stempffer, 1967: 89.
• Epitola bella Aurivillius, in Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923: 1200 pl.50 fig.4. Cameroon, N'gumesok, ♂ RMS. Synonymy in Jackson, 1962.
• Stempfferia iturina (Joicey & Talbot); Libert, 1999.
• Stempfferia (Cercenia) iturina (Joicey & Talbot); Williams, 2007: Epitolina 33.

References

• Jackson, T.H.E. 1962. Notes on the Epitolinae with descriptions of a new genus and a new species and subspecies. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 12: 125–163. BHL. Reference page. 
• Joicey, J. J. & Talbot, G., 1921. New Lepidoptera collected by T. A. Barns in east central Africa. Bulletin of the Hill Museum. 1(IV): 40–166, Pls: 5–16. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 1999. Révision des genres Epitola Westwood, Hypophytala Clench et Stempfferia Jackson, et description de trois nouveaux genres (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). A.B.R.I., Nairobi and Lambillionea, Tervuren, February, 1999, 219 pp. 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. 
• 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.