Cyana rejecta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

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 Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Nudariina
Genus: Cyana
Subgenus: Cyana (Cornutivulpecula)
Species: Cyana rejecta
Subspecies: C. r. rejecta – C. r. viettei

Name

Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854)

Type locality: South Africa, Natal.

Syntype: BMNH. 1 male ♂?.

Syntypes

• Setina rejecta Walker, 1854 (original combination)
• Lithosia bipunctigera Wallengren, 1860 (synonymized by Hampson, 1914: 635).
  • Type locality: unknown.
  • Holotype: NHRS. female ♀.

References

Primary references

• Karisch, T. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the African Cyana-species (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) (Plates 15-19). Esperiana 18: 39–197. (PDF, pp. 39–156) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Volynkin, A.V. & László, G.M. 2020a. Review of the Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854) species-group, with descriptions of three new species from mainland Africa and a new subspecies from Madagascar (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)2020. Zootaxa 4890(3): 330–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.3.2. . Reference page.