Triclema nigeriae

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Triclema
Species: Triclema nigeriae

Name

Triclema nigeriae (Aurivillius, 1905).

Type locality: Cameroon: “Itoki”.

Holotype: ZMB. male ♂. 13.II.1903. leg. A. Schultze.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes nigeriae Aurivillius, 1905: 16, pl. 3, fig. 4 male.
• Triclema nigeriae (Aurivillius); Bethune-Baker, 1910: 78; Stempffer, 1967: 200; Libert, 2010: 337.
• Triclema lydia Hulstaert, 1924: 184. HT/AT: ♂,♀, RMCA, TL: Congo: “K. 245 du Kindu”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 200. ♂ images, ♀ images.
• Anthene maesseni Stempffer, 1957: 223. TL: Togo: “Kpandu, Togo anglais”. Synonymized by Larsen, 2005.
  • N.B. Anthene maesseni is also a new species group taxon listed in Libert, 2010.
• Anthene (Triclema) nigeriae (Aurivillius); Willams, 2008.

References

• Aurivillius, P.O.C. 1905. Lieutnant A. Schultzes Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12): 1–47, 5 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
• Hulstaert, R.P.G. 1924. Lycaenidae nouveaux des collections du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 12: 112–122, 173–194. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1957. Contribution a l’etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne. Bulletin de la l’Institut Francaise d’Afrique Noire (A) 19: 209-227. 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.