Gesta gesta

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: Erynnini
Subtribus: Erynnina
Genus: Gesta
Subgenus: Gesta
Species: Gesta (Gesta) gesta

Gesta (Gesta) gesta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863)

Type locality: Cuba.

Typus: Syntypes ZMHU, images.

Thanaos gesta Herrich-Schäffer, 1863: 142.
Hesperia bigutta Prittwitz, 1868: 198. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004.
Helias brusus Burmeister, 1878: 257. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004.
Achlyodes blanda Plötz, 1884: 19. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004.
Chiomara gesta (Herrich-Schäffer); Godman & Salvin, [1899]: 455, pl. 91, fig. 7–9.
Gesta gesta gesta (Herrich-Schäffer); Evans, [1953]: 202; Hemming, 1967: 198.

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