Cigaritis syama

Cigaritis syama peguanus, ♂, Nepal, Alan Cassidy photo.

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 syama
Subspecies: C. s. frigidus – C. s. hainana – C. s. lamuae – C. s. negrita – C. s. peguanus – C. s. sepulveda – C. s. syama – C. s. terana

Name

Cigaritis syama (Horsfield, [1829]).

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: not located.

Synonyms

• Amblypodia syama Horsfield, [1829]: 107.
• Aphnaeus syama (Horsfield); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 216.
• Aphnaeus syama var. leechi ab. paroeica Strand, 1922: 19.
• Spindasis syama (Horsfield); Evans, 1927: 179; D'Abrera, 1986: 602; Eliot, 1992: 264, 418, pl. 38, figs 31, 32, 33.
• Spindasis syama ab. nakaharai Naritomi, 1941: 116.
• Cigaritis syama (Horsfield); Savela, consulted 28.xii.2011; Yutaka, consulted 4.i.2012.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• Evans, W. H., 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, edn 1. xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras.
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T., 1828-1829. A descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London.
• Hsu, Y.F. & Liang, J.Y. 2020. On systematic status of Spindasis syama Horsfield, [1829] in Taiwan and the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeini). Zootaxa 4763(4): 485–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.4.2. {{. Reference page. 
• Naritomi, Y., 1941. Notes on some butterflies including the description of a new aberrant form of Aeromachus inachus Ménétriès. Zephyrus 9(2): 112–116, 11 figs.
• Savela, M. Funet: Theclinae.
• Strand, E., 1922. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Ent. Zeit. 36(1): 1-2. 6-7, 11, 15, 19.
• Yutaka, I. & Saito, K., A Checklist of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam.

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Vernacular names

বাংলা: ছিল্কিরানা
English: club silverline