Zizina

Zizina otis labradus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Ditrysia Sectio: Cossina Subsectio: Bombycina Superfamilia: Papilionoidea Series: Papilioniformes

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
  • Type species: labradus
    • Fixation: original designation [see p. 483]

Primary references

• Chapman, T.A. 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. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1910.tb01180.x reference page  [first availability, see p. 482]

Selected references

• Gillespie, M. et al. 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 
• 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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