Liptenara

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: Liptenara
Species: (3) [per Williams]
L. batesi – L. hiendlmayri – L. schoutedeni
Name

Liptenara Bethune-Baker, 1915: 186.

Type species: Liptenara batesi Bethune-Baker, 1915, by original designation.
References

Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1915. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 16: 186–203. BHL. 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.

Links

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

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

Liptenara batesi Bethune-Baker, 1915
Liptenara hiendlmayri (Dewitz, 1887)
Liptenara schoutedeni (Hawker-Smith, 1926)

References
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Liptenara at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

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