Pentila eleaza, ♂, from original description.
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

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: Crustacea
Superclassis: Allotriocarida
Classis: 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: Liptenina
Genus: Pseuderesia
Species: Pseuderesia eleaza
Subspecies: Pseuderesia eleaza eleaza

Name

Pseuderesia eleaza eleaza Hewitson, [1873].

Type locality: Nigeria: “Old Calabar”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH .

Synonymy

  • Pentila eleaza Hewitson, [1873]: 85, figs 11,12.
  • Pseuderesia catharina Butler, 1874: 532, pl.11, figs 4,5. Ghana: “Whydah, on the Gold Coast”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
  • Pseuderesia variegata Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890: 45, pl.11, figs13,14. Ghana: “Gold Coast”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
  • Pseuderesia picta Grose-Smith, 1898: 356. Nigeria: “Warri”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007.
  • Pseuderesia nigra Cator, 1904: 74. Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”. Synonymized by Larsen, 2005: 135.
  • Pseuderesia eleaza eleaza (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 35; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 73.

References

  • Butler, A. G., 1874. Descriptions of three new species and a new genus of diurnal lepidoptera, from the collection of Andrew Swanzy, Esq. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 531–533. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Cator, D. 1904. On new species of Lycaenidae from Sierra Leone. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)13: 73–76. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page. 
  • Grose-Smith, H., 1898. Descriptions of new Species of African Butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novit. zool. 5(3): 350–358. BHL. 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. 
  • Larsen, T.B., 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1-270. Reference page. 
  • Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. 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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