Archigenes aita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: 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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Nemeobiinae
Tribus: Nemeobiini
SubTribus: Abisarina
Genus: Archigenes
Species:
Subspecies: A. a. aita – A. a. ismaili – A. a. neoaita

Archigenes aita de Nicéville, 1893.

Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Battak Mountains.

Typus: Lectotye [?], Male ♂ BMNH, "Described from two examples in my collection".

Abisara aita de Nicéville, 1893: 49, Pl.L., fig.10; Saito & Saito, 2005: 30, figs. 19-26 (listing subspecies).
Abisara (Archigenes) aita (de Nicéville, 1893); Fruhstorfer, 1914: 785
Archigenes aita (de Nicéville, 1893); Espeland, 2015: 301.

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Fruhstorfer, H., In Seitz, A., [1914]; Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9, Erycinidae: 767-798. Stuttgart. Reference page.
Saito, K. & T. Saito, 2005. Notes on the savitri group of the genus Abisara C. & R. Felder, with descriptions of a new species and four new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 41: 27–36. Reference page.

Hanafusa, H. 1993. New butterflies from Indonesia (Lep. : Satyridae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Hesperiidae). Futao 11: 14–17. Reference page.
Seraphim, N., Kaminski, L.A., DeVries, P.J., Penz, C.M., Callaghan, C.J., Wahlberg, N., Silva-Brandão, K.L. & Freitas, A.V.L. 2018. Molecular phylogeny and higher systematics of the metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Systematic Entomology 43(2): 407–425. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12282 Reference page.