Epitola langi, Type ♂, 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: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Genus: Liptena
Species: Liptena despecta

Name

Liptena despecta Holland, 1890.

Type locality: Gabon: “upon the upper waters of the River Ogove in the French Territory of Gaboon”.

Syntypes: ♂,♀ CM.

Synonymy

  • Pseuderesia despecta Holland, 1890: 426;
  • Liptena modestissima Rebel, 1914: 264. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Urwalde bei Moera und Beni-Mawambi”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 54.
  • Epitola langi Holland, 1920: 217, pl.12, fig.10. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Medje”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
  • Liptena despecta (Holland); Aurivillius, [1922]: 338; Stempffer, 1967: 54; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 7.

References

  • Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1–613, pls. 1–80. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Holland, W.J., 1890. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology. Cambridge, Mass. 5: 423–431. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Holland, W. J., 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo; Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, Together With Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species. Bulletin Of The American Museum Of Natural History 43, Art. 6: 109–369. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Rebel, H. 1914. Wissenschafteliche Ergebnisse der expedition R. Grauer nach Zentralafrika. Dez. 1909 – Feb 1911. Lepidoptera. Anallen de (K.K.) Naturhistorischen (Hof) Museums, Wien. 28: 219–294, pl. 17–24. BHL, plates. Reference page. 
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