Micropentila triangularis

M. triangularis, ♂, from Seitz.

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: Micropentila
Species: Micropentila triangularis

Name

Micropentila triangularis Aurivillius, 1895.

Type locality: Cameroon, "Vevaka".

Holotype: (According to information from the Stockholm Museum the type of this species was lost while in the care of Prof. A. Seitz during the First World War) - Stempffer & Bennett, 1965: 434).

Synonymy

Micropentila triangularis Aurivillius, 1895: 203; Aurivillius, 1922: 340, pl.64b; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 71.

References

Aurivillius, P.O.C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kameroun. Entomologisk Tidskrift 16: 255–268. BHL. Reference page.

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.

Stempffer, H., & Bennett, N.H. 1965. A revision of the genus Micropentila Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 15: 397–434. BHL Reference page.

Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

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