Spitosa

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
Subtribe: Nemeobiina
Genus:
Species: S. fylla – S. fylloides – S. magdala – S. sobrina

[temporary link Spitosa fyll to move].

Name

Spitosa Espeland, Huang & Inayoshi, 2024.

Type species: Taxila fylla Westwood, 1851, by subsequent designation [fixed through Art. 67.8 of the ICZN 1999].

[Gender: feminine defined by Huang et al. 2014: 297]

Synonymy

Sospita Hewitson, 1861: Text [See Note] (Junior objective homonym of Sospita Mulsant, 1846: 137 [= Coleoptera]).
- Type species: Taxila fylla Westwood, 1851: 422, by monotypy.
Sospita [sic!] in Evans, 1927: 126 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Abisara (Sospita) Hewitson, 1861; e.g. Fruhstorfer, 1914: 780
Spitosa Espeland, Huang, & Inayoshi, 2024: 296; in Huang, Inayoshi & Espeland 2024. [Replacement name as "nom. nov."]

[Note, the original text of Hewitson is unclear to page number and only briefly mentions "Fylla" in the text, misattributing it to Stoll, saying "It will contain, besides the figures of the Plate, Fylla of the "Genera" Echerus of Stoll and Tepahi of Boidduval". Hewitson's, 1861 own index refers only to page numbers of plates, but states "Sospita I" on Pl. 46 on p. 91/92 and "Sospita II" or III on Pl. 52-53 as p.104-106. The page number for Hewitson's associated text it stated as p.75 in Huang, Inayoshi & Espeland 2024. Earlier, e.g. Moore, 1902: 77 attributes the genus as as "p.91 (1861)", then the recombination Sospita fylla 78 as "p.91 (1861)". Fruhstorfer, 1914: 780 attributes the Sospita to Hewitson and else says "Type: S. fylla Hew"]

References

Primary references

Huang, S-Y., Inayoshi, Y. & Espeland, M. 2024. Two new genus-group replacement names of Riodinidae from Asia (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae). Zootaxa 5512(2): 295–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.2.10. . Reference page.
Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls. 31–80 + Suppl.pl. London. BHL Plates Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page.

Additional references

Moore, F., 1901–1903. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 5. Rhopalocera: Nymphalidae (cont), Riodinidae, Papilionidae. 248pp., pls 379-466. Reference page.
Espeland, M., Hall, J.P.W., DeVries, P.J., Lees, D.C., Mark Cornwall, Yu-Feng Hsu, Li-Wei Wu, Dana L. Campbell, Gerard Talavera, Roger Vila, Shayla Salzman, Sophie Ruehr, David J. Lohman & Naomi E. Pierce 2025. Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 93: 296–306. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.006 Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., In Seitz, A., [1914]; Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9, Erycinidae: 767-798. Stuttgart. Reference page.
Huang, S-Y., Inayoshi, Y., Léger, T. & Espeland, M. 2024. The riodinid taxa described by Rudolf Emil Mell (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae), with notes on related ones. Zootaxa 5481(5): 591–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.5.8. . Reference page.