Moltena fiara

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: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Moltena
Species: Moltena fiara

Name

Moltena fiara Butler, 1870.

Type Locality: "Kaffraria" (Africa).

Holotype: BMNH, coll. Druce.

Proteides fiara Butler, 1870: 503.
Hesperia natalica Plötz, 1882: 314. Synonymy in Evans, 1937: 139.
Moltena fiara Evans, 1937: 139; Hemming, 1967: 297; Bridges, 1994: IX.38; Ackery, et al., 1995ː 115.

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Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page.
Plötz, C. 1882. Einige Hesperiinen-Gattung und deren Arten. Parts 1 & 2. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 26(1): 71–82; 26(2): 253–266. Reference page.