Cigaritis dufranei

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 dufranei

Name

Cigaritis dufranei (Bouyer, 1991).

Type locality: Mambasa, Kibali-Ituri, Congo Beige (= Zaïre).

Holotype: IRSNB. male ♂. 12.VI.1951. legit A. Dufrane.

Synonymy

• Spindasis dufranei Bouyer, 1991: 222.
• Cigaritis dufranei (Bouyer); Heath et al., 2002.

References

• Bouyer, T. 1991. Note sur les Spindasis du Zaïre avec description de deux nouvelles espèces: Spindasis shaba n.sp. et Spindasis dufranei n.sp. Etude sur les Lycaenidae: note n°1. (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 91(3): 219–224. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Heath, A., Newport, M.A., & Hancock, D. 2002. The butterflies of Zambia. African Butterfly Research Institute and The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa. i–xvii, 1–137. Reference page. 

Links

• Williams, M.C. 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Cigaritis Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.