Cigaritis vulcanus, ♀, =etolus Cramer, from original description.
Cigaritis vulcanus, ♂, India, Bangalore.

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 vulcanus
Subspecies:
C. v. fusca C. v. javanus C. v. tavoyana C. v. vulcanus

Name

Cigaritis vulcanus (Fabricius, 1775).

Type locality: "India orientali".

Holotype: ♂ not located.

Synonyms

  • Papilio vulcanus Fabricius, 1775: 519.
  • Papilio etolus Cramer, [1779] 3: 26, pl. 28, figs. E, F, ♀.
  • Polyommatus vulcanus (Fabricius); Godart, [1823]: 644.
  • Amblypodia vulcanus (Fabricius); Horsfield, [1829]: 106; Westwood, [1851]: 479.
  • Aphnaeus vulcanus = etolus (Fabricius); Hübner, [1819]: 81, No. 824.
  • Aphnaeus etolus (Cramer); Hewitson, 1865: 61, pl. 25, figs 3, 4.
  • Aphnaeus bracteatus Butler, 1883: 147, pl. 24, figs 10, 11.
  • Aphnaeus tigrinus Moore, 1884: 25, Lower Bengal.
  • Aphnaeus hirayamae Matsumura, 1919: 613, pl. 48, fig 7, ♂.
  • Spindasis vulcanus (Fabricius); Evans 1927: 177.
  • Spindasis etolus (Cramer); Evans 1932: 276.
  • Spindasis tigrinus (Moore ); Evans 1932: 276.
  • Spindasis hirayamae (Matsumura); Shirôzu 1960: 455. Synonymised in Hsu, Wang & Yang, 2005.
  • Cigaritis vulcanus (Fabricius); Savela, consulted 10.xii.2011.

References

  • Butler, A. G., 1883. On a collection of Lepidoptera received from Lt. Col. Charles Swinhoe… Proc. zool. Soc. London 1883(2): 144-175, pl.24. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
  • Evans, W.H. 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Hsu, Y-F., Wang, S.-M. & Yang, Y.-C. 2005. Taxonomic Status of Aphnaeus hirayamae Matsumura, 1919 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Taiwan Endemic Species Research Unit 7(2): 81–85. Full article. Reference page. 
  • Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page. 
  • Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1885. Descriptions of some New Indian Rhopalocera. J. Asiatic. Soc. Beng. 54:117-124, 1 pl.
  • Savela, M. Funet: Theclinae.
  • Shirôzu, T., 1960. Butterflies of Formosa in Colour. Osaka, Hoikusha 4to: vi + 481pp. tfs 1-479, pls 1-76.
  • Westwood, J. O., [1851]. In Doubleday, E. 1846-1852, The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, 2. pp. 251-534, pls. 31-80 + suppl. pl. London.
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