Taxonomic notes on Liptena durbania Bethune-Baker, 1915 (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae)
Author
Libert, Michel
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Metamorphosis
2023
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/met.v34i1.3
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10.4314/met.v34i1.3
2307-5031
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Liptena durbania eukrinoides
Talbot, 1937
.
stat rev.
(
Figs 14–19
)
Liptena eukrinoides
Talbot, 1937
. – New African
Lycaenidae
and
Nymphalidae
, and two new
Diestogyna
.
Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London
,
86
: 64 (male and female, SW
Uganda
; illustrated pl. 1,
Fig. 18
).
Liptena eukrinoides
Talbot, 1937
sensu
Congdon & Collins, 1998: 60
,
d’Abrera, 2009: 649
, Williams, 2022;
=
Liptena eukrines
f. female
obsoleta
Dufrane, 1953
sensu
Williams, 2022.
Liptena minziro
Collins & Larsen, 2008
sensu
Collins & Larsen, 2008: 56
.
Holotype
: male,
Tero forest
, south-east
Buddu
,
3500ft.
,
26–30.ix.1911
(
S.A. Neave
); NHM.
Description:
On the upper side, the specimens of the eastern subspecies are generally a little smaller, a little more yellow, with a narrower black apical patch and a narrower costal margin on the forewings. These differences are observed in the specimens illustrated, but exceptions are not uncommon for each of the characters.
Genitalia:
Male genitalia differ from those of the nominate subspecies by the less indented uncus (Fig. 8) and the shorter, more robust and only slightly curved subunci (Fig. 6). On the valves, the dorsal point is stronger, the end of the distal plate is different and the ventral point is replaced by a wide plate, the difference being however visible only in ventral view (Fig. 7). The penis is similar, also twisted, but a little thinner; the fultura is similar.
In female genitalia, the ventral wall of the sinus vaginalis is wider, which results in a (slightly) narrower opening.
Liptena durbania bergeri
Stempffer, Bennett
& May,