Lachnocnema luna, ♀, from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Miletinae
Tribus: Lachnocnemini
Genus: Lachnocnema
Species: Lachnocnema luna

Name

Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910.

Type locality: Cameroon: “Bitje, Ja Rvier”.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. legit G.L. Bates.

Synonymy

  • Lachnocnema luna Druce, 1910: 368, pl. 34, fig. 5; Libert, 1996; D'Abrera, 2009: 688; Williams, consulted, 21.iii.2015.
  • =Lachnocnema reutlingeri Holland; Stempffer, 1967: 98; Ackery et al., 1995: 543.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page. 
  • Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803. ISBN 978-0-643-05561-2 Reference page. 
  • Libert, M., 1996. Contribution à l’étude des Lycaenidae africains : Révision du genre Lachnocnema Trimen. (Part 1) Lambillionea 96 (1): 185–202; (Part 2) Lambillionea 96 (2): 367–386; (Part 3) Lambillionea 96 (3): 479–500. Reference page. 
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