Cigaritis ella

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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Cigaritis ella

Name

Cigaritis ella (Hewitson, 1865).

Type locality: South Africa: "Natal".

Synonymy

  • Aphnaeus ella Hewitson, [1865]: 63, pl. 25, fig. 6; Trimen & Bowker, 1887: 154.
  • Aphnaeus chaka Wallengren, 1875: 89. South Africa: “Transvaalia”. Synonymy in Trimen & Bowker, 1887: 154.
  • Spindasis ella barnesi (forma) Stempffer, 1953: 30. Zimbabwe: “Umtali, S. Rhodesia”.
  • Spindasis ella (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 159.
  • Spindasis junodi d'Abrera, 1980: 480. South Africa: “Shilouvane, Transvaal”. Synonymised by Henning, 1994.
  • Cigaritis ella (Hewitson); Heath et al., 2002; Williams, 2008.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
  • Heath, A., Newport, M.A., & Hancock, D. 2002. The butterflies of Zambia. African Butterfly Research Institute and The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa. i–xvii, 1–137. Reference page. 
  • Henning, G. A., 1994. In Pringle, E.L.L., Henning, G.A. & Ball, J.B. [Eds] 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, 2nd ed. Struik Winchester, Cape Town: 1–800. Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Stempffer, H., 1953. Contribution a l’étude des Lycaenidae de l’Afrique équatoriale. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (8) (Sciences zoologiques) 27: 7-48. (December 1953) Reference page. 
  • Trimen, R., 1887. In Trimen, R. & Bowker, J.H. South-African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2: Erycinidae and Lycaenidae. vi + 242 pp, pls 7–9. London. (Text, plates)Reference page. 
  • Wallengren, H.D.J. 1875. Insecta Transvaaliensia – Bidrag till Transvaalska Republikens I Sodra Afrika Insektfauna. Oversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akadeniens Forhandlingar. Stockholm 32 (1): 83-137. BHL. Reference page. 
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