Cigaritis meghamalaiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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 meghamalaiensis

Name

Cigaritis meghamalaiensis Naicker & Sadasivan, 2023.

Type locality: India, Tamil Nadu State, Theni District, Meghamalai, Kardana Estate, 1400m.

Typus: Holotype Male ♂ TLRG 1001, legit S. Ramasamy Kamaya Naicker (="SRK"), 15.vi.2021; "will be deposited in the insect collections of ZSI, WGRC, Kozhikode Kerala, India"; Paratypes 1 male ♂ and 2 females ♀♀, other data.

Synonyms

• Cigaritis meghamalaiensis Naicker & Sadasivan, 2023: 554.
• Cigaritis conjuncta Kunte & Sengupta in Kunte et al., 2024: 86. (Junior subjective synonym of Cigaritis meghamalaiensis Naicker & Sadasivan, 2023 in Sadasivan & Sengupta, 2024: 140).
  • Type locality: India, Karnataka state, Kodagu District, Honey Valley (12.21512 N, 75.65743 E). Approximately 1,300 meters elevation.
    • Typus: Holotype male ♂, NCBS, legit Krushnamegh Kunte, 27.III.2021.

References

Primary references

• Naicker, S.R.K., Chandrika, S.B., Kochunarayanan, B., Jose, J., Kripakaran, M., Palaniappan, R.C., Nair, V.P., Sadasivan, K. 2023. A new species of Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 (Lycaenidae, Aphnaeinae) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Entomon 48(4): 553–566. PDF Reference page. 
• Kunte, K., Sengupta, A., Pawar, U. & Nawge, V. 2024. A new species of silverline butterfly, Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India. Zootaxa 5399(1): 085–095. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.1.7. . Reference page. 
• Sadasivan, K. & Sengupta, A. 2024. The Butterflies of Western Ghats: Their Status and Distribution. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 121(2): 126–174. DOI: 10.17087/jbnhs/2024/v121/164523 PDF ReserchGate Reference page. 

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