Cigaritis menelas

Cigaritis menelas ♀, as Spindasis menelas Druce, 1907, from original description.

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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species: Cigaritis menelas

Name

Cigaritis menelas (Druce, 1907).

Type locality: Nigeria: “N. Nigeria: Afikpo”.

Holotype: BMNH

Synonymy

• Spindasis menelas Druce, 1907: 80, pl. 2, fig. 5; D'Abrera, 2009: 706.
• Cigaritis menelas (Druce); Heath et al., 2002; Williams, consulted 15.iii.2015.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1907. Descriptions of some new butterflies from tropical Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 77–82. BHL. Reference page. 
• Heath, A., Newport, M.A., & Hancock, D. 2002. The butterflies of Zambia. African Butterfly Research Institute and The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa. i–xvii, 1–137. Reference page. 

Links

• Williams, M.C. 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Cigaritis Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.