. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE 161 The male genitalia of aderna spindasoides are identical to those of adema aderna. Those of loxura and leonina (Text-fig. 144) are slightly different, but of the same type. I have not been able to examine eustorgia, of which only the female holotype is known. The armatures of the three species of Lipaphnaeus examined are remote from those of Spindasis, but, on the other hand very close to those of Chloroselas and Desmoly- caena. Their general appearance is similarly different from Spindasis. I conclu
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE 161 The male genitalia of aderna spindasoides are identical to those of adema aderna. Those of loxura and leonina (Text-fig. 144) are slightly different, but of the same type. I have not been able to examine eustorgia, of which only the female holotype is known. The armatures of the three species of Lipaphnaeus examined are remote from those of Spindasis, but, on the other hand very close to those of Chloroselas and Desmoly- caena. Their general appearance is similarly different from Spindasis. I conclude that Lipaphnaeus is a distinct, valid genus, not a subgenus. List of Species of Lipaphnaeus 1"ig. Crowley, 1890 (as fallax and 120, fig. *Lipaphnaeus aderna aderna (Plotz), 1880. latifwibriata). fallax (E. Sharpe), 1890 ; latifimbriata (E. Sharpe), 1890. *Lipaphnaeus aderna pan (Talbot), 1935, Entomologist's mon. Mag. 71 *Lipaphnaeus aderna spindasoides (Aurivillius), 1916. Lipaphnaeus bicolor (E. Sharpe), see leonina. Lipaphnaeus eustorgia (Hulstaert), 1924, Revue zool. afr. 12 : 128. Lipaphnaeus fallax (E. Sharpe), see interna. Lipaphnaeus latifimbriata (E. Sharpe), see aderna. Lipaphnaeus leonina leonina (E. Sharpe), 1890. Fig. Crowley, 1890. bicolor (E. Sharpe), 1891. ^Lipaphnaeus leonina bitje (H. H. Druce), 1910. Lipaphnaeus leonina ivoirensis Stempffer, 1966, Bull. Inst. fond. Afr. noire 28 I577- fig- Lipaphnaeus leonina paradoxa (Schultze), 1908. ^Lipaphnaeus loxura (Rebel), Fig. 144. Lipaphnaeus leonina leonina (Sharpe), ^ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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