Zizina

Zizina otis labradus

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Zizina
Species (3): Z. emelina – Z. otis – Z. oxleyi
In synonymy (5): Z. alope – Z. antanossa – Z. indica – Z. labradus – Z. riukuensis

Name

Zizina Chapman, 1910: 482.

• Type species: labradus Godart, 1824
• Fixation: By original designation [see p. 483].

References

Primary references

• Chapman, T. 1910. On Zizeeria (Chapman), Zizera (Moore), a group of lycaenid butterflies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 58(4): 479-497, plates LI-LX. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 482]

Additional references

• Gillespie, M., Steve D. Wratten, S.D., Cruicshank, R., Wiseman, B.H. & Gibbs, G.W. 2013. Incongruence between morphological and molecular markers in the butterfly genus Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in New Zealand. Systematic Entomology 38(1): 151–163. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00659.x Reference page. 
• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Yago, M., Hirai, N., Kondo, M., Tanikawa, T., Ishii, M., Wang, M., Williams, M. & Ueshima, R. 2008. Molecular systematics and biogeography of the genus Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 1746: 15–38. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page. 

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