Cigaritis crustaria

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 crustaria

Name

Cigaritis crustaria (Holland, 1890).

Type locality: Gabon: “Upper waters of the River Ogové in the French Territory of Gaboon”.

Holotype: ♂ CM: (Rev. A. C. Good).

Synonymy

• Aphnaeus crustaria Holland, 1890: 430; 1893: pl. 1, fig. 10.
• Spindasis crustaria crustaria (Holland); Stempffer, 1967: 158.
• Cigaritis crustaria (Holland, 1890). Heath et al., 2002; Williams, 2008.

References

• 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. 
• Holland, W.J., 1890. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 5: 423–431. Reference page. 
• Holland, W. J., 1893a. Some new and little known African butterflies. Entomological News 4: 22–28, Pl.1. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 

Links

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