Liptena durbania eukrinoides Talbot, 1937

Libert, Michel, 2023, Taxonomic notes on Liptena durbania Bethune-Baker, 1915 (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae), Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 29-34 : 32

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.

Figures

Figures 9–21: 9, 10 L. d. durbania ♂ (Obout, Cameroon) R & V; 11 L. d. durbania ♀ (Obout, Cameroon) R & V; 12, 13 L. d. durbania ♂ (Ebogo, Cameroon) R & V; 14, 15 L. d. eukrinoides ♂ (Kasugho, NE DRC) R & V; 16, 17 L. d. eukrinoides ♀ (Musasa, NE DRC) R & V; 18, 19 L. d. eukrinoides ♀ (HT f. obsoleta) R & V; 20, 21 L. d. bergeri ♂ HT, R & V.