Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Genus: Liptena
Species: (72) per Williams, 2007
L. albicans – L. albomacula – L. alluaudi – L. amabilis – L. arnauxi – L. augusta – L. bakassi – L. bassae – L. batesana – L. bergeri – L. bia – L. biokoensis – L. boei – L. bolivari – L. brophyi – L. catalina – L. confusa – L. congoana – L. decempunctata – L. decipiens – L. demerodei – L. despecta – L. ducarmei – L. durbania – L. eketi – L. eukrinaria – L. eukrines – L. eukrinoides – L. evanescens – L. fallax – L. fatima – L. ferrymani – L. flavicans – L. fontainei – L. fulvicans – L. griveaudi – L. hapale – L. helena – L. homeyeri – L. hulstaerti – L. ilaro – L. immaculata – L. inframacula – L. intermedia – L. kiellandi – L. laguerrei – L. liberti – L. lloydi – L. lualaba – L. mariae – L. minziro – L. modesta – L. mwagensis – L. nigromarginata – L. occidentalis – L. ochrea – L. opaca – L. ouesso – L. overlaeti – L. pearmani – L. perconfusa – L. perobscura – L. praestans – L. priscilla – L. restricta – L. rochei – L. rubromacula – L. sauberi – L. septistrigata – L. seyboui – L. similis – L. simplicia – L. submacula – L. subsuffusa – L. subundularis – L. tiassale – L. titei – L. tricolora – L. turbata – L. undina – L. undularis – L. xanthostola – L. yukadumae
Name
Liptena Westwood, [1851].
Type species: Liptena undularis Hewitson, 1866; designated 1959 ICZN Opinion 566.
Synonymy
Parapontia Röber, 1892: 280. TS: Liptena undularis Hewitson, 1866.
Leucolepis Karsch, 1893: 216 (preoccupied by Leucolepis Reichenbach, 1850). TS: Teriomima decipiens Kirby, 1819 by subsequent designation of Hemming, 1964.
References
Primary references
Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.
Additional references
Collins, S.C.; Larsen, T.B. 2008: Eighteen new species, five new subspecies, and interesting data on other African butterflies – Fourth ABRI research paper. Metamorphosis, 19(2): 42–113. Abstract and PDF download Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page.
Karsch, F., 1893. Die Insekten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 38: 1–266 BHL. Reference page.
Libert, M. 2021. Nouveaux taxons et synonymies dans le groupe de Liptena opaca (Kirby, 1890) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Poritiinae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 126(3) : 367‑396. Reference page.
Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. 2018. Three new species of Liptena Westwood, [1851] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 29: 118–125. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Röber, J., 1892. In Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., Exot. Schmett. 2. Die Familien und Gattungen der Tagfalter (6), 284pp., 50 pls. Bayern, Fürth. Reference page.
Schröder, S. 2013a. A new Liptena Westwood, 1851 from North-Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Lipteninae). Lambillionea 113(3): 197-200. Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.
Links
Type images: RMCA.
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