Telipna semirufa

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Telipna
Species: Telipna semirufa
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2007.
T. s. ivoiriensis – T. s. semirufa

Telipna semirufa from original description.

semirufa in Seitz, Vol. 13.

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

Name

Telipna semirufa Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1889].

Type locality: Ghana: “Gold Coast”.

Types: HT ♂, BMNH; AT ♀, MNHN, Ghana, Likpe Mate, 10.vii.1969, (T. Maessen).

Synonymy

• Liptena semirufa Grose-Smith & Kirby: 33, pl.8 figs 5,6.
• Telipna semirufa (Grose-Smith & Kirby); Aurivillius, [1914]: 301, pl.61d; Jackson, 1969: 6, pl.1 figs 10,14; Libert, 2005; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 58.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. 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. 
• Jackson, T.H.E. 1969. A revision of the genus Telipna Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 23: 1–23, 5 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2005. Révision du genre Telipna Aurivillius (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea, 1-89. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.