Cigaritis elima

Cigaritis elima uniformis, ♂, Nepal, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 elima
Subspecies:
C. e. elima – C. e. fairliei – C. e. ictina – C. e. uniformis

Name

Cigaritis elima (Moore, 1877).

Type locality: N.E. India, Manipur.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Aphnaeus elima Moore, 1877: 51.
• Aphnaeus lunulifera Moore, 1879: 140; N. India, Darjeeling. Synonymised by Evans, 1927: 178.
• Aphnaeus trifurcata Moore, 1882: 251; N.W. Himalaya, Dharmsala. Synonymised by Evans, 1927: 178.
• Aphnaeus khurdanus Moore, 1884: 26; Khurda, Orissa. Synonymised by Evans, 1927: 178.
• Spindasis elima (Moore); Evans, 1927: 178; Winter-Blyth, 1982: 333.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1877. Descriptions of Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera. Annals and Magazine of natural History. 4(20): 43-52. BHL Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1879. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 136–144. BHL. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J. H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra district, N. W. Himalayas, with descriptions of new genera and species, Part 1. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882: 234-263, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL Reference page. 
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. 1957. Butterflies of the Indian Region. Scholarly Publications. Pp. 523, 72 pls. (1982 Reprint). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• বাংলা: বিন্দি রানা
• English: Scarce Shot Silverline

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