Cigaritis homeyeri, as Aphnaeus homeyeri from original description.

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 homeyeri

Name

Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, [1887]).

Type locality: [Democratic Republic of Congo]: “Mukenge”.

Holotype: Berlin Museum.

Synonymy

  • Aphnaeus homeyeri Dewitz, [1887]: 429, pl. 2,figs 5-5c.
  • Spindasis kallimon Druce, 1905: 254, pl. 13, fig. 9. "Brit. E. Africa, 14 miles N.W. of Mombasa, Rabai". Type: ♂ OUMNH, 18.vi.1903, images.
  • Spindasis homeyeri fracta (form), Stempffer, 1948: 189. [Zimbabwe]: “Umtali (South Rhodesia)”.
  • Spindasis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1886); Stempffer, 1967: 159; Dickson & Kroon, 1978; Pringle et al., 1994: 172; D'Abrera, 2009: 704. [date of authorship erroneous]
  • Spindasis homeyeri kallimon Druce; Stempffer, 1967: 159.
  • Spindasis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887). Ackery et al., 1995.
  • Cigaritis homeyeri (Dewitz, 1887). Heath et al., 2002; Williams, consulted 15.iii.2015.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page. 
  • Dewitz, H., [1887]. Neue westafrikanische Tagschmetterlinge. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 30(2): 427–430, pl.2, figs 1-9. text, plate. Reference page. 
  • C.G.C. Dickson, 1978. List of southern African lycaenid subfamilies and genera, in approximate systematic sequence. In: Dickson, C.G.C., & Kroon, D.M. [Eds]. Pennington’s butterflies of southern Africa. A.D. Donker, Johannesburg: 1–670. 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. 
  • Pringle, Henning & Ball [Eds], 1994. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa 2nd edn. Struik Winchester, Cape Town: 1-800. Reference page. 
  • Stempffer, H., 1948. Contribution à l’étude des Lycaenidae de la faune éthiopienne. Revue Francaise d’Entomologie 15: 185-196. Reference page. 
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