Poritiinae

Poritiinae
Poritia phama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Poritiinae Doherty, 1886
Genera
See text

plate from Druce Illustrations of African Lycaenidae Figs 1 -4 Falcuna, Liptena, Cephetola and Geritola are Poritiinae

plate from Druce Illustrations of African Lycaenidae Genus Pentila

Poritiinae is a subfamily of butterflies.

Systematics

• Tribe Poritiini Oriental
  • Cyaniriodes de Nicéville, 1890 (sometimes placed in Lycaeninae)
  • Poriskina Druce, 1895
  • Poritia Moore, 1886
  • Simiskina Distant, 1886
  • Deramas Distant, 1886
• Tribe Liptenini Afrotropical May be ranked as a subfamily Lipteninae
  • Sub-tribe Pentilina
    • Alaena Boisduval, 1847
    • Ptelina Clench, 1965
    • Telipna Aurivillius, 1895
    • Liptenara Bethune-Baker, 1915
    • Pentila Westwood, 1851
    • Ornipholidotos Bethune-Baker, 1914
    • Torbenia Libert, 2000
  • Sub-tribe Durbaniina
    • Durbania Trimen, 1862
    • Durbaniella van Son, 1959
    • Durbaniopsis van Son, 1959
  • Sub-tribe Mimacraeina
    • Cooksonia Druce, 1905
    • Mimacraea Butler, 1872
    • Mimeresia Stempffer, 1961
  • Sub-tribe Liptenina
    • Pseuderesia Butler, 1874
    • Teriomima Kirby, 1887
    • Euthecta Bennett, 1954
    • Baliochila Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
    • Cnodontes Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
    • Congdonia Henning & Henning, 2004
    • Eresinopsides Strand, 1911
    • Eresina Aurivillius, 1898
    • Toxochitona Stempffer, 1956
    • Argyrocheila Staudinger, 1892
    • Citrinophila Kirby, 1887
    • Liptena Westwood, 1851
    • Obania Collins & Larsen, 1998
    • Kakumia Collins & Larsen, 1998
    • Falcuna Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
    • Tetrarhanis Karsch, 1893
    • Larinopoda Butler, 1871
    • Micropentila Aurivillius, 1895
  • Sub-tribe Epitolina
    • Epitola Westwood, 1851
    • Cerautola Libert, 1999
    • Geritola Libert, 1999
    • Stempfferia Jackson, 1962
    • Cephetola Libert, 1999
    • Deloneura Trimen, 1868
    • Batelusia Druce, 1910
    • Tumerepedes Bethune-Baker, 1913
    • Pseudoneaveia Stempffer, 1964
    • Neaveia Druce, 1910
    • Epitolina Aurivillius, 1895
    • Hypophytala Clench, 1965
    • Phytala Westwood, 1851
    • Neoepitola Jackson, 1964
    • Aethiopana Bethune-Baker, 1915
    • Hewitsonia Kirby, 1871
    • Powellana Bethune-Baker, 1908
    • Iridana Aurivillius, 1921
    • Teratoneura Dudgeon, 1909

External links

Data related to Poritiinae at Wikispecies

• Indo-China Poritiinae
• Royal Museum for Central Africa Images of Liptenini (as Lipteninae) [1]
• http://www.thaibugs.com/smallpix1/2701b4_small.jpg
• Butterflies of Ghana