Three new species of Liptena Westwood, 1851

(Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Poritiinae)

Résumé

Three new species of Liptena are described, L. biokoensis sp. nov.from the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), L. bakassi sp. nov. from western Cameroon and L. demerodei sp. nov. from north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; subspecies oniens Talbot is synonymized with the nominate L. flavicans (Grose-Smith & Kirby)(syn. nov.),andsubspecies aequatorialis Stempffer of L. flavicans is synonymized with subspecies praeusta Schultze (syn. nov.); finally, L. priscilla Larsen is shown to be a subspecies of L. boei Libert (stat. rev).