Megisto cymela

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Euptychiina
Genus: Megisto
Species: Megisto cymela
Subspecies: (2)
M. c. cymela – M. c. viola

Megisto cymela (Cramer, 1777)

Type locality: South Africa.

Papilio cymela Cramer, 1777
Papilio eurytus Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Ent.: 487 (preocc. Papilio eurytus Linnaeus, 1758)
Papilio eurytris Fabricius, 1793, (emend.)

Cramer, 1777, Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 55, pl. 132, f, C, D.
Miller, L.D., 1976: Revision of the Euptychiini (Satyridae). 3. Megisto Hübner. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 33: 1–23.

English: Little Wood Satyr