Cigaritis allardi

Cigaritis allardi as Cigaritis zohar, from Oberthur, 1885.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species: Cigaritis allardi
Subspecies: (4) per Savela, M. [1]
C. a. allardi – C. a. estherae – C. a. meridionalis – C. a. occidentalis

Name

Cigaritis allardi Oberthür, 1909.

Type locality: Algeria, Sebdou.

Syntypes: ♂ BMNH "Sebdou, H. Powell, v.1907 (ex-Oberthür coll.)"; ♀ BMNH same data; figured by Tennent, 1996: pl. 8.

Synonymy

• Cigaritis zohra (Donzel); Oberthür, 1885: 35, pl. 3, figs 8, 9. Misidentification.
• Cigaritis allardi Oberthür, 1909: 401; Riley, 1925: 72; Bridges, 1994: IX.27; Tennent, 1996: 22.
• Cigaritis allardi (Oberthür, 1874) [sic]; Bridges, 1988: II.26 [confusion with Lycaena allardii [sic] Oberthür, 1874: 412].

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C. 1874. Lépidoptères nouveaux d'Algerie. Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques 1(103): 412–413. BHL Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C. 1885. Lépidoptères D'Algerie. Études d'entomologie 9(4): 33–40, pl. 3. Text, plate. Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1909. Description de Lepidopteres Africains. Etudes de Lepidopterologie Comparee 3: 415pp., pls 10-33. BHL. Reference page. 
• Riley, N.D. 1925. The Species Usually Referred to the Genus Cigaritis Boisd. [Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae]. Novitates Zoologicae 32: 70–95, 13 figs. BHL. Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J., 1996. The butterflies of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria 217pp, 32 pls. Gem Publishing, Wallingford. 217pp. ISBN 9780906802052 Reference page. 

Links

• Savela Funet