Chitta chittara

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Moncina
Genus: Chitta
Species: Chitta chittara

Name

Chitta chittara (Schaus, 1902)

Type locality: Trinidad.

Holotype: ♂ USNM #6021.

Synonymy

• Phlebodes chittara Schaus, 1902: 444.
• Psoralis alis Bell, 1959: 8, Figs. 11,24. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 78.
  • Type locality: Brazil, Santa Catharina, Blumenau, Massaranduba.
  • Holotype: AMNH. male ♂.
• Psoralis chittara (Schaus); Lamas, 2004: 78.
• Chitta chittara (Schaus); Grishin in Cong et al., 2019: 32.

References

• Bell, E.L. 1959. Descriptions of Some New Species of Neotropical Hesperiidae. American Museum novitates 1962: 1–16. PDF. Reference page. 
• Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. Online. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 
• Schaus, W. 1902. Descriptions of new American butterflies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 24 (1262): 383-460. Reference page.