Geritola

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
Subtribus: Epitolina
Genus: Geritola
Species: (21)
G. albomaculata – G. amieti – G. concepcion – G. cyanea – G. daveyi – G. dubia – G. frankdaveyi – G. gerina – G. goodii – G. jackiana – G. larae – G. liana – G. mirifica – G. nitide – G. nitidica – G. pacifica – G. prouvosti – G. subargentea – G. virginea – G. wardi – G. zelica
Name

Geritola Libert, 1999: 117.

Type Species: Epitola gerina Hewitson, 1878: 19, Suppl. pl. 1b, figs 13, 14, by original designation.
Synonymy

Argyrotola Libert, 1999: 138, as subgenus of Geritola.

References

Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.
Libert, M., 1999. Révision des genres Epitola Westwood, Hypophytala Clench et Stempfferia Jackson, et description de trois nouveaux genres (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). A.B.R.I., Nairobi and Lambillionea, Tervuren, February, 1999, 219 pp. Reference page.
Sáfián, S., Collins, S.C. & Libert, M. 2015: Two new species in the genus Geritola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Epitolini). Zootaxa 3931(2): 286–292. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.2.8. Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Geritola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Species

Subgenus Geritola Libert, 1999
Geritola albomaculata (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
Geritola amieti Libert, 1999
Geritola concepcion (Suffert, 1904)
Geritola cyanea (Jackson, 1964)
Geritola daveyi (Roche, 1954)
Geritola dubia (Jackson, 1964)
Geritola frankdaveyi Libert, 1999
Geritola gerina (Hewitson, 1878)
Geritola goodii (Holland, 1890)
Geritola jackiana Collins & Libert, 1999
Geritola larae Collins & Libert, 1999
Geritola liana (Roche, 1954)
Geritola mirifica (Jackson, 1964)
Geritola nitide (Druce, 1910)
Geritola nitidica Libert & Collins, 1999
Geritola prouvosti Bouyer & Libert, 1999
Geritola virginea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Geritola zelica (Kirby, 1890)
Subgenus Argyrotola Libert, 1999
Geritola subargentea (Jackson, 1964)

External links

"Geritola Libert, 1999" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65