Cigaritis homeyeri

Cigaritis homeyeri, as Aphnaeus homeyeri 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 homeyeri

Name

Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, [1887]).

Type locality: [Democratic Republic of Congo]: “Mukenge”.

Holotype: Berlin Museum.

Synonymy

• Aphnaeus homeyeri Dewitz, [1887]: 429, pl. 2,figs 5-5c.
• Spindasis kallimon Druce, 1905: 254, pl. 13, fig. 9. "Brit. E. Africa, 14 miles N.W. of Mombasa, Rabai". Type: ♂ OUMNH, 18.vi.1903, images.
• Spindasis homeyeri fracta (form), Stempffer, 1948: 189. [Zimbabwe]: “Umtali (South Rhodesia)”.
• Spindasis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1886); Stempffer, 1967: 159; Dickson & Kroon, 1978; Pringle et al., 1994: 172; D'Abrera, 2009: 704. [date of authorship erroneous]
• Spindasis homeyeri kallimon Druce; Stempffer, 1967: 159.
• Spindasis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887). Ackery et al., 1995.
• Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887). 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. 
• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Dewitz, H. [1887]. Neue westafrikanische Tagschmetterlinge. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 30(2): 427–430, pl.2, figs 1-9. Reference page. 
• C.G.C. Dickson, 1978. List of southern African lycaenid subfamilies and genera, in approximate systematic sequence. In: Dickson, C.G.C., & Kroon, D.M. [Eds]. Pennington’s butterflies of southern Africa. A.D. Donker, Johannesburg: 1–670. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1905. Descriptions of some new species of diurnal Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Harold Cookson in northern Rhodesia, in 1903 and 1904. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [53(2)]: 251–262, pl. 13. text, plate. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1905.tb02453.x 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. 
• Pringle, Henning & Ball [Eds], 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa 2nd edn. Struik Winchester, Cape Town: 1-800. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1948. Contribution à l’étude des Lycaenidae de la faune éthiopienne. Revue Francaise d’Entomologie 15: 185-196. 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.