Cigaritis kuyaniana

Cigaritis kuyaniana ♀, Taiwan, from original description.

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:

Name

Cigaritis kuyaniana (Matsumura, 1919).

Type locality: Taiwan, "Formosa, Tappan, Horisha-Bokusekkaku".

Typus: Holotype female ♀ HUS,

Synonyms

  • Aphnaeus kuyanianus Matsumura, 1919: 611, pl. 48, fig. 6; [Savela, consulted 28.VI.2025].
  • Spindasis kuyaniana (Matsumura, 1919); Chou & Gu, 1994: 643.
  • Cigaritis kuyaniana (Matsumura, 1919) (Implicit recombination by generic synonymy of Spindasis, if not reverted to Aphnaeus)

References

Primary references

  • Chou, I. & Gu, 1994. In Chou I. (ed.), Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2, Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou. Reference page. 
  • Matsumura, S., 1919. Thousand Insects of Japan Additamenta, Vol. 3, 475-742, Pls. 26-53. Reference page. 

Additional references

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