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<taxonomicName id="4C557589FF837C73FF137CB8EB97F43F" ID-CoL="3VC8K" authority="Bethune-Baker, 1926" authorityName="Bethune-Baker" authorityYear="1926" box="[132,511,762,786]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Liptena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eketi">
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FF137CB8EB7CF43F" bold="true" box="[132,276,762,786]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Liptena eketi</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFC473FBFF837C73FE8D7CB8EB97F43F" author="BETHUNE-BAKER, G. T." box="[282,511,762,786]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" pagination="384 - 402" part="9" refId="ref3623" refString="BETHUNE-BAKER, G. T. 1926. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 17: 391 (384 - 402)." title="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" type="book chapter" year="1926">Bethune-Baker, 1926</bibRefCitation>
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material and distribution
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF817C71FCDE796DE9FFF06B" box="[841,919,1838,1862]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="30">L. eketi</emphasis>
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Rhoko, Iko Esai Community Forest,
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,
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,
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<date id="FFEB28CAFF817C71FC3E7929EEEDF0AE" box="[937,1157,1899,1923]" pageId="0" pageNumber="30" value="2010-11-28" valueMax="2010-12-20" valueMin="2010-11-28">28.xi. to 20.xii.2010</date>
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, leg. J. Brophy,
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;
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as above, RWC;
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near Umuhaia, Eastern
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, leg. Davey,
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.
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FF137D2BEABDF4AD" box="[132,213,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. eketi</emphasis>
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was described from a male collected at Eket, in south-eastern
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.
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FEE17DC5EBADF4B3" box="[374,453,902,926]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. eketi</emphasis>
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was illustrated by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFC473FBFF837C73FD197DC4EB6EF490" author="D'ABRERA, B." bookContentInfo="260 pp." journalOrPublisher="Hill House, Melbourne, London" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" refId="ref3722" refString="D'ABRERA, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region. New and revised edition. Part III, Lycaenidae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London 260 pp." title="Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region. New and revised edition. Part III, Lycaenidae, Riodinidae" type="book" year="2009">d'Abrera (2009: 649)</bibRefCitation>
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, with the upper side of the
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and the underside of another male. A female captured in western
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was attributed to
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FE207DA6E86EF4D6" box="[439,518,995,1019]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. eketi</emphasis>
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by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFC473FBFF837C73FDA67DA1E883F4D6" author="LIBERT, M." box="[561,747,995,1019]" journalOrPublisher="Lambillionea" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" pagination="21 - 34" part="92" refId="ref3756" refString="LIBERT, M., 1992. Notes faunistiques sur les Lepidopteres Rhopaloceres du Cameroun. I - Liste d'especes non connues du Cameroun. Lambillionea 92 (1): 21 - 34." title="Notes faunistiques sur les Lepidopteres Rhopaloceres du Cameroun. I - Liste d'especes non connues du Cameroun" type="journal article" year="1992">Libert (1992: 28)</bibRefCitation>
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but is now considered to be
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<taxonomicName id="4C557589FF837C73FE3C7A40E84BF334" box="[427,547,1025,1049]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Liptena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiellandi">
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FE3C7A40E84BF334" box="[427,547,1025,1049]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. kiellandi</emphasis>
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(see below). From the available data, the range of
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FE4D7A63E841F315" box="[474,553,1056,1080]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. eketi</emphasis>
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therefore appears to be restricted to south-eastern
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<collectingCountry id="F3424E9AFF837C73FE4D7A7CE842F37B" box="[474,554,1086,1110]" name="Nigeria" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
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(
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<figureCitation id="136E128FFF837C73FDAF7A7CE81FF37B" box="[568,631,1086,1110]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="1.[479,547,1019,1040]" captionTargetBox="[133,1435,361,987]" captionTargetId="figure-267@1.[133,1435,361,987]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Figure 1 – Distribution map for L. eketi, L. seyboui, L. kiellandi" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14199460" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14199460/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph id="8BEA0E0AFF837C73FF137A34EB0CF3A3" blockId="2.[132,356,1142,1166]" box="[132,356,1142,1166]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">
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Facies (
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)
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<paragraph id="8BEA0E0AFF837C73FF137AEFE806F3E8" blockId="2.[132,622,1197,1221]" box="[132,622,1197,1221]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">
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See the description by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFC473FBFF837C73FEE07AEFE80FF3E8" author="BETHUNE-BAKER, G. T." box="[375,615,1197,1221]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" pagination="384 - 402" part="9" refId="ref3623" refString="BETHUNE-BAKER, G. T. 1926. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 17: 391 (384 - 402)." title="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" type="book chapter" year="1926">Bethune-Baker (1926)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA0E0AFF837C73FF137AA6EBFAF3D1" blockId="2.[132,402,1252,1276]" box="[132,402,1252,1276]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">
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Male genitalia (
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<figureCitation id="136E128FFF837C73FEBB7AA6EB07F3D1" box="[300,367,1252,1276]" captionStart="Figures 2" captionStartId="1.[148,225,1948,1969]" captionTargetBox="[133,1440,1070,1913]" captionTargetId="figure-270@1.[133,1440,1070,1913]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Figures 2 to 7 – Male genitalia of Liptena eketi (♂ Rhoko Forest, Eastern Nigeria, gen. prep. M. Libert 118-143) 2 – left lateral view; 3 – dorsal view of uncus; 4 – posterior view; 5 – ventral view of saccus and penis; 6 – penis, left lateral view; 7 – penis, dorsal view of the distal part." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14199462" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14199462/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Figs 2</figureCitation>
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–7)
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The saccus of
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FEA77B5EEBECF21E" box="[304,388,1307,1331]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. eketi</emphasis>
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is so developed that it can be described as hypertrophied (even unique). The lateral view of the genitalia shows that its extremity curls up (
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<figureCitation id="136E128FFF837C73FD287B1BEAFAF2A2" captionStart="Figures 2" captionStartId="1.[148,225,1948,1969]" captionTargetBox="[133,1440,1070,1913]" captionTargetId="figure-270@1.[133,1440,1070,1913]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Figures 2 to 7 – Male genitalia of Liptena eketi (♂ Rhoko Forest, Eastern Nigeria, gen. prep. M. Libert 118-143) 2 – left lateral view; 3 – dorsal view of uncus; 4 – posterior view; 5 – ventral view of saccus and penis; 6 – penis, left lateral view; 7 – penis, dorsal view of the distal part." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14199462" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14199462/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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) and the posterior view that the upraised part presents a significant notch (Fig. 4). In the ‘natural’ position, the distal end of the penis is very close to the saccus (
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<figureCitation id="136E128FFF837C73FD347BF7E88DF2E0" box="[675,741,1461,1485]" captionStart="Figures 2" captionStartId="1.[148,225,1948,1969]" captionTargetBox="[133,1440,1070,1913]" captionTargetId="figure-270@1.[133,1440,1070,1913]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Figures 2 to 7 – Male genitalia of Liptena eketi (♂ Rhoko Forest, Eastern Nigeria, gen. prep. M. Libert 118-143) 2 – left lateral view; 3 – dorsal view of uncus; 4 – posterior view; 5 – ventral view of saccus and penis; 6 – penis, left lateral view; 7 – penis, dorsal view of the distal part." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14199462" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14199462/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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, arrow), and it can be hypothesised that the notch constitutes a guide for the penis. While the saccus rarely offers any interesting character, that of
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<taxonomicName id="4C557589FF837C73FDFA7850E8AFF104" authorityName="Bethune-Baker" authorityYear="1926" box="[621,711,1553,1577]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Liptena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eketi">
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FDFA7850E8AFF104" box="[621,711,1553,1577]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. eketi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is genuinely exceptional, both for its size and the role it seems to play.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA0E0AFF837C73FF1378C7E8E0F059" blockId="2.[132,747,1669,1908]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">
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The dorsal edge of the valve is adorned with a structure composed of two processes, one distal and the other internal. There is no ventral process comparable to
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<taxonomicName id="4C557589FF837C73FF1378A0EA9BF1D4" box="[132,243,1761,1785]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Liptena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seyboui">
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FF1378A0EA9BF1D4" box="[132,243,1761,1785]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. seyboui</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The distal process, visible on the lateral view (
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<figureCitation id="136E128FFF837C73FF1B7942EABDF035" box="[140,213,1792,1816]" captionStart="Figures 2" captionStartId="1.[148,225,1948,1969]" captionTargetBox="[133,1440,1070,1913]" captionTargetId="figure-270@1.[133,1440,1070,1913]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Figures 2 to 7 – Male genitalia of Liptena eketi (♂ Rhoko Forest, Eastern Nigeria, gen. prep. M. Libert 118-143) 2 – left lateral view; 3 – dorsal view of uncus; 4 – posterior view; 5 – ventral view of saccus and penis; 6 – penis, left lateral view; 7 – penis, dorsal view of the distal part." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14199462" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14199462/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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), is massive and well sclerotized; an internal process, much thinner, is approximately perpendicular to the distal process and to the valve and therefore only visible in the dorsal and lateral views (Figs 4-5).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA0E0AFF837C73FF1379D1EF74F43F" blockId="2.[132,747,1939,2055]" lastBlockId="2.[841,1456,700,786]" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">
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Other differences are less important, but the subunci are shorter in
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<taxonomicName id="4C557589FF837C73FE9779F1EB3EF0E7" authorityName="Bethune-Baker" authorityYear="1926" box="[256,342,1970,1994]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Liptena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eketi">
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FE9779F1EB3EF0E7" box="[256,342,1970,1994]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. eketi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<figureCitation id="136E128FFF837C73FEFB79F0EBDEF0E7" box="[364,438,1970,1994]" captionStart="Figures 2" captionStartId="1.[148,225,1948,1969]" captionTargetBox="[133,1440,1070,1913]" captionTargetId="figure-270@1.[133,1440,1070,1913]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Figures 2 to 7 – Male genitalia of Liptena eketi (♂ Rhoko Forest, Eastern Nigeria, gen. prep. M. Libert 118-143) 2 – left lateral view; 3 – dorsal view of uncus; 4 – posterior view; 5 – ventral view of saccus and penis; 6 – penis, left lateral view; 7 – penis, dorsal view of the distal part." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14199462" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14199462/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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). The penis of
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<taxonomicName id="4C557589FF837C73FDE379F1E8A2F0E7" authorityName="Bethune-Baker" authorityYear="1926" box="[628,714,1970,1994]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Liptena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eketi">
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FDE379F1E8A2F0E7" box="[628,714,1970,1994]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. eketi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is distinctly twisted, its distal part turned to the right (Fig. 7 shows a dorsal view of this part, the basal part turned left). It is possible that the penis of
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<taxonomicName id="4C557589FF837C73FB017CFFEF6EF5F9" box="[1174,1286,700,724]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Liptena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seyboui">
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<emphasis id="B921D218FF837C73FB017CFFEF6EF5F9" box="[1174,1286,700,724]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="32">L. seyboui</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is also twisted, and that the unusual shape of its distal end is an artefact (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFC473FBFF837C73FCC67CB8EEDAF43F" author="SAFIAN, Sz. & LORENC-BRUDECKA, J." box="[849,1202,762,786]" journalOrPublisher="Metamorphosis" pageId="2" pageNumber="32" pagination="4 - 6" part="31" refId="ref3869" refString="SAFIAN, Sz. & LORENC-BRUDECKA, J., 2020. Unique genitalic structure in a West African lycaenid butterfly, Liptena seyboui Warren-Gash & Larsen, 2003 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae: Liptenini). Metamorphosis 31: 4 - 6." title="Unique genitalic structure in a West African lycaenid butterfly, Liptena seyboui Warren-Gash & Larsen, 2003 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae: Liptenini)" type="journal article" year="2020">Sáfián & Lorenc-Brudecka 2020</bibRefCitation>
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, Fig. 4C).
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