Vanessa itea

Vanessa itea, ♂, Christchurch, NZ

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: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Nymphalini
Genus: Vanessa
Species: Vanessa itea

Name

Vanessa itea (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms

• Bassaris itea (Fabricius, 1775), Field, 1971.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1978. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Melbourne.
• Fabricius, J. C., 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species... Flensburgh and Leipzig, Library Kortii 8vo:[i-xxx]+832pp.
• Field, W. D., 1971. Butterflies of the genus Vanessa and of the resurrected genera Bassaris and Cynthia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 84, 75pp., 160 figs., Washington.

Vernacular names

English: Australian admiral, Yellow Admiral