Cigaritis mozambica

Cigaritis mozambica

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 mozambica

Name

Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni, [1851]).

Type locality: [Mozambique]: “Coste del Coromandel”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Thecla etolus mozambica (var.) Bertoloni, [1850]: 177.
• Aphnaeus natalensis (Westwood); Hewitson, [1865]: pl. 25, figs 1,2. [Misidentification]
• Aphnaeus caffer Trimen, 1868: 88. South Africa: “Natal”; Nigeria: “Old Calabar”.
• Spindasis mozambica (Bertoloni); Stempffer, 1967: 159.
• Cigaritis mozambica (Bertoloni); Heath et al., 2002; Williams, consulted 15.iii.2015.

References

• Bertoloni, G. [1851]. Illustrazione Dei Prodotti Naturali Del Mozambico Dissertazione IV. Insetti Lepidotteri Diurni. Memorie della R. Accademia delle scienze dell'instituto di Bologna 2: 165–187. BHL 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. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. 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., 1868. On some undescribed species of South African butterflies including a new genus of Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 16(1): 69–96. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

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