Cigaritis lohita

Cigaritis lohita senama, ♂, Thailand, Alan Cassidy photo.

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 lohita
Subspecies:
C. l. formosanus – C. l. himalayanus – C. l. lazularia – C. l. lohita – C. l. panasa – C. l. senama

Name

Cigaritis lohita (Horsfield, [1829]).

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: not located.

Synonyms

• Amblypodia lohita Horsfield, [1829]: 106.
• Spindasis lohita (Horsfield); D'Abrera, 1986: 602, Eliot, 1992: 263, 418, pl. 38, figs 34-36, genit. 269.
• Cigaritis lohita (Horsfield); Savela, consulted 24.xii.2011; Yutaka, consulted 24.xii.2011.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• Horsfield, T., 1828-1829. A descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London.
• Savela, M. Funet: Theclinae.
• Yutaka, I. & Saito, K., A Checklist of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam.

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