Cigaritis epargyros

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species: Cigaritis epargyros
Subspecies: (3)
C. e. epargyros – C. e. marginalis – C. e. transcaspica

Name

Cigaritis epargyros Eversmann, 1854.

Type locality: "die südlichen Kirgisensteppen, norlich vom Aral-See, und am Sir-Darja" (the southern Kyrgyz steppes, north of the Aral Sea, and on Sir Darya) = Central Kazakhastan.

Holotype: ZMAS.

Synonymy

Polyommatus epargyros Eversmann, 1854: 178, pl.1, figs 1, 2.
Aphnaeus epargyros (Eversmann); Riley, 1925: 598.
Apharitis epargyros epargyros (Eversmann); Riley, 1925: 83; Bridges, 1994: IX.8.
Cigaritis epargyros epargyros (Eversmann); Savela, Funet, consulted 10.iii.2015.

References

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Eversmann, E., 1854. Beiträge zur Lepidopterologie Russlands. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou. 27 (3): 174–205, 1 pl. text, plate. Reference page.
Riley, N.D., 1921. Some undescribed Rhopalocera from Mesopotamia and N.W. Persia ; and other Notes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 8 : 590-600. BHL. Reference page.
Riley, N.D. 1925. The Species Usually Referred to the Genus Cigaritis Boisd. [Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae]. Novitates Zoologicae 32: 70–95, 13 figs. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Savela, M. Funet: Theclinae.