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Liptena ferrymani subsp. bissau Collins & Larsen 2003
Description
42. Liptena ferrymani bissau Collins & Larsen, 2003 WL: 18mm. L. ferrymani flies mainly in dry forest and forest-savanna mosaic. The present subspecies was described from Guinea-Bissau and is also known in the Fouta Djallon (Guinea). It can be distinguished from the two other known subspecies through its smaller size and reduced black markings.
Previous references. Regions: Quinara. Authors: Collins & Larsen (2000), Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2008).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: VU.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Liptena
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Collins & Larsen
- Species
- bissau
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Liptena ferrymani subsp. bissau Collins, 2003 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016
References
- Collins, S. C., Larsen, T. B. & Warren-Gash, H. (2003) Notes on Afrotropical butterflies with the description of eleven new species and four new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) - ABRI Research Paper No. 3. Metamorphosis, 14, 63 - 110.
- Collins, S. & Larsen, T. (2000) Eight new species and five new subspecies of African butterflies (Rhopalocera) - an ABRI research paper. Metamorphosis, 11, 57 - 75.