Cigaritis kuyaniana

Cigaritis kuyaniana ♀, Taiwan, from original description.

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 kuyaniana

Name

Cigaritis kuyaniana (Matsumura, 1919).

Type locality: Taiwan, "Formosa, Tappan, Horisha-Bokusekkaku".

Typus: Holotype female ♀ HUS,

Synonyms

• Aphnaeus kuyanianus Matsumura, 1919: 611, pl. 48, fig. 6; [Savela, consulted 28.VI.2025].
• Spindasis kuyaniana (Matsumura, 1919); Chou & Gu, 1994: 643.
• Cigaritis kuyaniana (Matsumura, 1919) (Implicit recombination by generic synonymy of Spindasis, if not reverted to Aphnaeus)

References

Primary references

• Chou, I. & Gu, 1994. In Chou I. (ed.), Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2, Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou. Reference page. 
• Matsumura, S. 1919. Thousand Insects of Japan Additamenta. Vol. 3: 475–742. BHL Pls. 26-53 Reference page. 

Links

• Savela, M. Funet Aphnaeus Hübner, [1819]

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