Micropentila

Life-forms

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: Micropentila
Species: (34) per Williams, 2007 + mukanirwai.
M. adelgitha – M. adelgunda – M. alberta – M. bakotae – M. bitjeana – M. brunnea – M. bunyoro – M. catocala – M. cherereti – M. cingulum – M. dorothea – M. flavopunctata – M. fontainei – M. fulvula – M. fuscula – M. gabunica – M. galenides – M. jacksoni – M. katangana – M. katerae – M. kelleana – M. mabangi – M. mamfe – M. mpigi – M. mukanirwai – M. mwagensis – M. nigeriana – M. ogojae – M. sankuru – M. souanke – M. subplagata – M. triangularis – M. ugandae – M. victoriae – M. villiersi
Name

Micropentila Aurivillius, 1895: 202.

Type species: Liptena adelgitha Hewitson, 1874: 36.
References

Aurivillius, C. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter. 3. Entomologisk tidskrift 16: 195–220. BHL Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new Lycaenidae from West Africa. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 11: 36 BHL. Reference page.
Schröder, S., 2012. A new species of Micropentila Aurivillius, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Lipteninae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 33(2/3): 69–70. 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.

Micropentila is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropics.
Species

Micropentila adelgitha (Hewitson, 1874)
Micropentila adelgunda (Staudinger, 1892)
Micropentila alberta (Staudinger, 1892)
Micropentila bakotae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila bitjeana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila brunnea (Kirby, 1887)
Micropentila bunyoro Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila catocala Strand, 1914
Micropentila cherereti Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila cingulum Druce, 1910
Micropentila dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1903
Micropentila flavopunctata Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila fontainei Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila fulvula Hawker-Smith, 1933
Micropentila fuscula (Grose-Smith, 1898)
Micropentila gabunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila galenides (Holland, 1895)
Micropentila jacksoni Talbot, 1937
Micropentila katangana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila katerae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila kelleana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila mabangi Bethune-Baker, 1904
Micropentila mamfe Larsen, 1986
Micropentila mpigi Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila nigeriana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila ogojae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila sankuru Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila souanke Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila subplagata Bethune-Baker, 1915
Micropentila triangularis Aurivillius, 1895
Micropentila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933
Micropentila victoriae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965
Micropentila villiersi Stempffer, 1970

References

Micropentila at funet.fi