Cigaritis rukmini

Cigaritis rukmini, = Aphnaeus rukmini de Nicéville, Sikkim, from original description.

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 rukmini

Name

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Cigaritis rukmini (de Nicéville, [1889]).

Type locality: N. India, Sikkim.

Holotype: not located.

Synonyms

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  • Aphnaeus rukmini de Nicéville, [1889]: 282, pl. 14, fig. 8.
  • Spindasis rukmini (de Nicéville); Evans, 1927: 179; D'Abrera, 1986: 604.
  • Cigaritis rukmini (de Nicéville); Savela, consulted 26.xii.2011.

References

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  • 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.
  • de Nicéville, L., [1889]. On new or little known butterflies from the Indian Region J. Asiatic Soc. Beng. 57(II)(4): 273-293, pls. 13, 14.
  • Savela, M. Funet: Theclinae.
 
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