Cigaritis ella

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 ella

Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865).

Type locality: South Africa: "Natal".

Aphnaeus ella Hewitson, [1865]: 63, pl. 25, fig. 6; Trimen & Bowker, 1887: 154.
Aphnaeus chaka Wallengren, 1875: 89. South Africa: “Transvaalia”. Synonymy in Trimen & Bowker, 1887: 154.
Spindasis ella barnesi (forma) Stempffer, 1953: 30. Zimbabwe: “Umtali, S. Rhodesia”.
Spindasis ella (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 159.
Spindasis junodi d'Abrera, 1980: 480. South Africa: “Shilouvane, Transvaal”. Synonymised by Henning, 1994.
Cigaritis ella (Hewitson); Heath et al., 2002; Williams, 2008.

D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. 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.
Henning, G. A., 1994. In Pringle, E.L.L., Henning, G.A. & Ball, J.B. [Eds] 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd ed. Struik Winchester, Cape Town: 1–800. Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.
Stempffer, H., 1953. Contribution a l’étude des Lycaenidae de l’Afrique équatoriale. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (8) (Sciences zoologiques) 27: 7-48. (December 1953) Reference page.
Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
Trimen, R., 1887. In Trimen, R. & Bowker, J.H. South-African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2: Erycinidae and Lycaenidae. vi + 242 pp., pls 7–9 London. Reference page.
Wallengren, H.D.J. 1875. Insecta Transvaaliensia – Bidrag till Transvaalska Republikens I Sodra Afrika Insektfauna. Oversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akadeniens Forhandlingar. Stockholm 32 (1): 83-137. BHL. Reference page.

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