Ptelina

Life-forms

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
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Ptelina
Species: (2)
P. carnuta – P. subhyalina
Name

Ptelina Clench, 1965.

Type-species: Pentila carnuta Hewitson, by original designation.
References

Clench, H. K., 1965. In Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., & Miller, L.D.. The butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 19: [iv], ii, 1-438. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Ptelina Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Ptelina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is endemic to the Afrotropics.
Species

Ptelina carnuta (Hewitson, 1873)
Ptelina subhyalina (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)

References
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Ptelina at funet.fi

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 61