Ravenna nivea

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Theclini
Genus: Ravenna
Species: Ravenna nivea
Subspecies: (4)
R. n. howarthi – R. n. koiwayai – R. n. miyagawai – R. n. nivea

Name

Ravenna nivea (Nire, 1920)

Type locality: Taiwan.

Holotype: ELKU

Synonymy

• Zephyrus niveus Nire, 1920: 375.
• Ravenna nivea (Nire); Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956: 360; Koiwaya, 2007: 109, 45-1 to 45-36.

References

• Fujioka, T. 1993. Zephyrus (Theclini butterflies) in the world (3). Genus Antigius and allied genera. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 4: 3–20. Reference page. 
• Katayama, T. & K. Saito, 2011: Description of a new subspecies of Ravenna nivea (Nire, 1920) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Lycaeninae) from Central Vietnam: Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 59: 8–10.
• Nire, K. 1920. [On new species and subspecies of butterflies native to Japan] (Japanese). Zool. Mag. 32: 373–377. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S., 2007. The Zephyrus Hairstreaks of the World. 1: 1–300 2: pls 1-256. Mushi-Sha, Tokyo, Japan. ISBN 978-4-943955-05-4. Reference page.