Poritiinae

Poritiinae

Lipteninae Röber, 1892; 262; TG: Liptena Westwood

Liptenidae (Lycaenoidea); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 268
Lipteninae; [CoL]
Lipteninae (Lycaenidae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381, 421
Poritiinae; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Poritiinae (Lycaenidae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381, 425; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 118; [AfrL]

Tribe Poritiini

Pentilinae

Pentilinae (Liptenidae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 269
Poritiinae (Lycaenidae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381
Poritiini (Poritiinae); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 118

Cyaniriodes de Nicéville in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1890 — 1 sp.
Poriskina Druce, 1895 — 1 sp.
Poritia Moore, [1866] Gems — 17 spp.
Simiskina Distant, 1886 — 10 spp.
Deramas Distant, 1886 — 27 spp.

Tribe Liptenini

Lipteninae (Liptenidae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 281
Lipteninae (Lycaenidae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381
Liptenini (Poritiinae); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5; [AfrL]

Subtribe Pentilina Pentila

Pentilini Aurivillius, 1914; 298; TG: Pentila Westwood

Pentilina (Liptenini); [AfrL]; Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5
Pentilini (Lipteninae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381, 423

Section Alaena

Section Alaena (Pentilini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 423

Alaena Boisduval, 1847 Zulus — 25 spp.
Ptelina Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965 — 2 spp.

Section Telipna

Section Telipna (Pentilini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 423

Telipna Aurivillius, 1895 — 32 spp.
Ornipholidotos Bethune-Baker, 1914 Glasswings — 64 spp.

Section ?

Torbenia Libert, 2000 — 5 spp.

Section Pentila

Section Pentila (Pentilini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 423

Liptenara Bethune-Baker, 1915 — 3 spp.
Pentila Westwood, [1851] Pentila — 40 spp.

Subtribe Durbaniina

Section Durbania (Liptenini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381, 424
Durbaniina (Liptenini); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5; [AfrL]

Durbania Trimen, 1862 — 2 spp.
Durbaniella van Son, 1959 — 1 sp.
Durbaniopsis van Son, 1959 — 1 sp.

Subtribe Mimacraeina

Section Mimacraea (Liptenini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381
Mimacraeina (Liptenini); [AfrL]

Cooksonia Druce, 1905 — 6 spp.
Mimacraea Butler, 1872 Acraea Mimics — 24 spp.
Mimeresia Stempffer, 1961 — 13 spp.

Subtribe Liptenina Liptenines

Section Liptena (Liptenini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381
group Liptena (Liptenina); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5
group Mimacraea (Liptenina); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5
group Teratoneura (Liptenina); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5
subgroup Citrinophila (group Liptena); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5
subgroup Liptena (group Liptena); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5
subgroup Pseuderesis (group Liptena); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5
subgroup Teriomima (group Liptena); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 6, 13
subgroup Toxochitona (group Liptena); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 6
Liptenina (Liptenini); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5, 7; [AfrL]
Liptenini (Lipteninae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381

Pseuderesia Butler, 1874 — 4 spp.
Eresiomera Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965 — 18 spp.
Teriomima Kirby, 1887 Buffs — 7 spp.
Euthecta Bennett, 1954 — 2 spp.
Baliochila Stempffer & Bennett, 1953 Buffs — 27 spp.
Cnodontes Stempffer & Bennett, 1953 Buffs — 4 spp.
Congdonia Henning & Henning, 2004 — 1 sp.
Eresinopsides Strand, 1911 — 2 spp.
Eresina Aurivillius, 1898 — 20 spp.
Toxochitona Stempffer, 1956 — 4 spp.
Argyrocheila Staudinger, [1892] — 3 spp.
Citrinophila Kirby, 1887 — 7 spp.
Liptena Westwood, [1851] — 72 spp.
Obania Collins & Larsen, 1998 — 3 spp.
Kakumia Collins & Larsen, 1998 — 3 spp.
Falcuna Stempffer & Bennett, 1963 Marbles — 17 spp.
Tetrarhanis Karsch, 1893 — 15 spp.
Larinopoda Butler, 1871 — 7 spp.
Micropentila Aurivillius, 1895 Dots — 34 spp.

Subtribe Epitolina

Iridanini Clench, 1965 (Lipteninae); Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 306; TG: Iridana Aurivillius

Section Epitola (Liptenini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381
Section Iridana (Liptenini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381
group Epitola (Liptenina); Henning & Henning, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (1): 5
Epitolina (Liptenini); [AfrL]
Epitolini (Lipteninae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 307

Epitola Westwood, [1851] — 16 spp.
Cerautola Libert, 1999 — 12 spp.
Geritola Libert, 1999 — 19 spp.
Stempfferia Jackson, 1962 — 46 spp.
Cephetola Libert, 1999 — 47 spp.
Deloneura Trimen, 1868 — 7 spp.
Batelusia Druce, 1910 — 1 sp.
Tumerepedes Bethune-Baker, 1913 — 1 sp.
Pseudoneaveia Stempffer, 1964 — 1 sp.
Neaveia Druce, 1910 — 1 sp.
Epitolina Aurivillius, 1895 — 5 spp.
Hypophytala Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965 — 15 spp.
Phytala Westwood, [1851] — 1 sp.
Neoepitola Jackson, 1964 — 1 sp.
Aethiopana Bethune-Baker, 1915 — 1 sp.
Hewitsonia Kirby, 1871 — 17 spp.
Powellana Bethune-Baker, 1908 — 1 sp.
Iridana Aurivillius, 1921 — 17 spp.
Teratoneura Dudgeon, 1909 — 2 spp.

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References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist

Some related literature:

Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505 (162fgs), pl. 1-6
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19 : 1-438
Henning & Henning, 2004
A review of the liptenid Teriomima Kirby genus group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) with descriptions of a new genus, a new subgenus, ten new species and four new subspecies Metamorphosis 15 (1) : 3-61
Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003
The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

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