Ernsta zebra

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: Delaga
Species: Ernsta zebra

Name

Ernsta zebra Butler, 1888.

Type locality: ♀ Campbellpore, 13th April; ♂ Futch Khan's bungalow, Kooteer, Chittar Pahar, 2000 to 3000 feet, 23rd April,1886.

Typus: BMNH

Synonymy

• Pyrgus zebra Butler, 1888: 207.
• Hesperia hellas de Nicéville, 1889: 177, Fig B9. ♂ India, Campbellpore.
• Hesperia bifida Higgins, 1924: 111. Kenya.
• Spialia zebra (Butler); Evans, 1937: 58; Lepindex.
• Ernsta (Delaga) zebra (Butler); Zhang et al., 2020: 189.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., 1888. An Account of Three Series of Lepidoptera Collected in N.W. India by Major Yerbury. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(1): 132-151, 196-209. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1889. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indian Region with a revision of the genus Plesioneura of Felder and of Authors. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4(3): 163-194, pls A,B. 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.