Croitana croites

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Trapezitinae
Genus: Croitana
Species: Croitana croites
Subspecies: C. c. croites –C. c. pindar

Name

Croitana croites (Hewitson, [1874]).

Type Locality:

Holotype: BMNH

Synonymy

• Cyclopides croites Hewitson, [1874]: 115, Pl.60, fig.14.
• Croitana croites (Hewitson); Waterhouse, 1932: 199; Hemming, 1967: 129.
• Croitana croites croites (Hewitson); McCubbin, 1971: 162, 169.

References

• Edwards, E.D., 1979: Two new species of Croitana Waterhouse (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Central Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 6: 29–38. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. BHL Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page. 
• McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. New Genera of Australian Hesperiidae and a New Subspecies. Australian Zoologist 7(3): 198–201. BHL Reference page.