Cigaritis siphax

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 siphax

Name

Cigaritis siphax (Lucas, 1849).

Type locality: Algeria.

Holotype: tbc

Synonymy

• Cigaritis siphax Lucas, 1849: 362; Williams, 2008.
• Cigaritis syphax (sic) Lucas, 1849: pl. 1, figs 8, 8a. [Mis-spelling]
• Zeritis syphax (sic) (Lucas); Westwood, [1852]: 501.
• Aphnaeus siphax (Lucas); Hewitson, 1865: 63.
• Cigaritis siphax erythrea (var.) Staudinger, 1892: 280. TL: Tunisia.
• Cigaritis syphax pallescens (ab. fem) Oberthür, 1896: pl. 5, f. 83. TL: Bône (Algeria).
  • Cigaritis siphax pallida (var.) Oberthür, 1915: 369. Subsequent mis-quotation.
• Cigaritis syphax supra-impunctata (ab. mas) Oberthür, 1896: pl. 5, f. 84. TL: Bône (Algeria).
  • Cigaritis siphax paucimaculata (var.) Oberthür, 1915: 369. Subsequent mis-quotation.
• Cigaritis syphax impunctata (var.) Oberthür, 1909 : 401, TL: Bône (Algeria).
• Cigaritis siphax immaculatus Oberthür, 1915: 429, pl. 292, figs 2397-2398, TL: Aflou (Algeria)
• Cigaritis siphax erythraea [sic] Oberthür, 1915: 429, pl. 292, fig. 2399, pl. 293, fig. 2400.
• Cigaritis siphax funebris Oberthür, 1915: 429, pl. 293, f. 2401-2402. TL: Aflou (Algeria).
• Cigaritis zohra siphax Lucas; Riley, 1925: 76
• Cigaritis zohra orientalis Riley, 1925: 76, TL: Boghari [Ksar El Boukhari] (Algeria)

References

• Lucas, H. 1849. Exploration Scientifique de l’Algerie pendant les Annees 1840, 1841, 1842. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articules (3) Insectes [v], 1-527. Paris. BHL Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1896. Faunes Entomologiques: descriptions d'insectes nouveaux ou peu connus. Études d'Entomologie 20 . 74pp., 24 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1909. Description de Lepidopteres Africains. Etudes de Lepidopterologie Comparee 3: 415pp., pls 10-33. BHL. Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1914. Faune des lépidoptères de la Barberie, Algerie. Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée. 10: 1-459, [1915] Pls. 276-315. Reference page. 
• Riley, N.D. 1925. The Species Usually Referred to the Genus Cigaritis Boisd. [Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae]. Novitates Zoologicae 32: 70–95, 13 figs. BHL. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O. 1892e. Lepidopteren aus Tunis. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 5: 277-300. BHL. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.