Kirinia

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Parargina
Genus: Kirinia
Species (2): K. epimenides – K. fentoni

Kirinia Moore, 1893: 14.

Type species: Lasiommata epimenides Ménétriés, 1859.

Moore, F., 1893–1896. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 2. Rhopalocera: Nymphalidae: Satyrini (cont. ), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Charaxina). 274pp, pls 95-190. BHL text, plates. Reference page.

Lang, S.Y., Li, A.M. & Sun, W.H. 2017. A new subspecies of Kirinia fentoni (Butler, 1877) from Three Gorges of Yangtse, China (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Atalanta 48: 232–234. Reference page.
Spitsyn, V.M., Kondakov, A.V., Tomilova, A.A., Karamkhudoeva, M. & Potapov, G.S. 2019. A taxonomic revision of the butterfly genera Esperarge and Kirinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Ecologica Montenegrina 26: 118–126. PDF. Reference page.

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