Cigaritis nipalicus

Cigaritis nipalicus, = Aphnaeus zaffra, de Nic., ♀, Nepal, from original description.

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 nipalicus

Name

Cigaritis nipalicus (Moore, [1884]).

Type locality: Nepal.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonyms

• Aphnaeus nipalicus Moore, 1884: 27.
• Aphnaeus zaffra de Nicéville, 1890: 366, pl. 28, fig. 217, W. Himalayas.
• Spindasis nipalicus nipalicus (Moore); Evans, 1927: 179; Smith, 1993: 45, pl. 21B, figs B3, B7, B11.
• Spindasis nipalicus (Moore); D'Abrera, 1986: 604.
• Cigaritis nipalicus (Moore); Savela, consulted 26.xii.2011; Yukata, consulted 26.xii.2011.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Evans, W. H., 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, edn 1. xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras.
• Moore, F., 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt II, 53(1):16-52.
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
• Savela, M. Funet: Theclinae.
• Smith, C., 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, 128pp. Rohit Kumar, Lashkar (Gwalior).
• Yutaka, I. & Saito, K., A Checklist of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam.