Taxonavigation

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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 nilus

Name

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Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865).

Type locality: Sudan: “White Nile”.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

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  • Aphnaeus nilus Hewitson, 1865: 62.
  • Aphnaeus subaureus Grose-Smith, 1898:358. Nigeria: “Lokoja, River Niger”.
  • Spindasis kaduglii (form) Bethune-Baker, 1916:379. Sudan: “Kadugli, Nuba Hills, Kordofan”. ♂ OUMNH, images.
  • Spindasis subaurea sabulosa (form) Hawker-Smith, 1929: 231. Burkina Faso: “Poundou, Hte. Volta, F. West Africa”.
  • Apharitis nilus (Hewitson, 1865). Ackery et al., 1995.
  • Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865). Heath et al., 2002. Williams, 2007: Aphnaeini 2, p110.

References

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