Cigaritis vulcanus

Cigaritis vulcanus, ♀, =etolus Cramer, from original description.

Cigaritis vulcanus, ♂, India, Bangalore.

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 vulcanus
Subspecies:
C. v. fusca – C. v. javanus – C. v. tavoyana – C. v. vulcanus

Name

Cigaritis vulcanus (Fabricius, 1775).

Type locality: "India orientali".

Holotype: ♂ not located.

Synonyms

• Papilio vulcanus Fabricius, 1775: 519.
• Papilio etolus Cramer, [1779] 3: 26, pl. 28, figs. E, F, ♀.
• Polyommatus vulcanus (Fabricius); Godart, [1823]: 644.
• Amblypodia vulcanus (Fabricius); Horsfield, [1829]: 106; Westwood, [1851]: 479.
• Aphnaeus vulcanus = etolus (Fabricius); Hübner, [1819]: 81, No. 824.
• Aphnaeus etolus (Cramer); Hewitson, 1865: 61, pl. 25, figs 3, 4.
• Aphnaeus bracteatus Butler, 1883: 147, pl. 24, figs 10, 11.
• Aphnaeus tigrinus Moore, 1884: 25, Lower Bengal.
• Aphnaeus hirayamae Matsumura, 1919: 613, pl. 48, fig 7, ♂.
• Spindasis vulcanus (Fabricius); Evans 1927: 177.
• Spindasis etolus (Cramer); Evans 1932: 276.
• Spindasis tigrinus (Moore ); Evans 1932: 276.
• Spindasis hirayamae (Matsumura); Shirôzu 1960: 455. Synonymised in Hsu, Wang & Yang, 2005.
• Cigaritis vulcanus (Fabricius); Savela, consulted 10.xii.2011.

References

• Butler, A. G., 1883. On a collection of Lepidoptera received from Lt. Col. Charles Swinhoe… Proc. zool. Soc. London 1883(2): 144-175, pl.24. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
• Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies, Edn.2 revised, 454pp., 32 pls. Madras. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page. 
• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page. 
• Hsu, Y-F., Wang, S.-M. & Yang, Y.-C. 2005. Taxonomic Status of Aphnaeus hirayamae Matsumura, 1919 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Taiwan Endemic Species Research Unit 7(2): 81–85. Full article. Reference page. 
• Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page. 
• Matsumura, S., 1919. Thousand Insects of Japan Additamenta, Vol. 3, 475-742, Pls. 26-53. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1885. Descriptions of some New Indian Rhopalocera. J. Asiatic. Soc. Beng. 54:117-124, 1 pl.
• Savela, M. Funet: Theclinae.
• Shirôzu, T., 1960. Butterflies of Formosa in Colour. Osaka, Hoikusha 4to: vi + 481pp. tfs 1-479, pls 1-76.
• Westwood, J. O., [1851]. In Doubleday, E. 1846-1852, The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, 2. pp. 251-534, pls. 31-80 + suppl. pl. London.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: রুপাপাতিয়া
English: Common silverline

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