Ernsta confusa

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Carcharodini
Subtribus: Carcharodina
Genus: Ernsta
Subgenus: Ernsta
Species: Ernsta confusa
Subspecies: E. c. confusa – E. c. obscura

Name

Ernsta confusa (Higgins, 1924)

Type locality: [Malawi]: “Nyasaland”

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.

Synonymy

• Hesperia transvaaliae var. confusa Higgins, 1924: 90.
• Spialia confusa (Higgins); Kielland, 1990: 235.
• Ernsta (Ernsta) confusa confusa (Higgins); Zhang et al., 2020.

References

• Higgins, L.G., 1924. On the Ethiopian species of the genus Hesperia (Lep., Rhop.) with descriptions of two new species. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 72(1/2): 64-120, ill. Reference page. 
• Kielland, J., 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363, 68 pls.,179 figs. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Brockmann, E., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2020. A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini). Zootaxa 4748(1): 182–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Confusing Sandman