Cigaritis nilus

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 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: Cigaritis nilus

Name

Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865).

Type locality: Sudan: “White Nile”.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Aphnaeus nilus Hewitson, 1865: 62.
• Aphnaeus subaureus Grose-Smith, 1898:358. Nigeria: “Lokoja, River Niger”.
• Spindasis kaduglii (form) Bethune-Baker, 1916:379. Sudan: “Kadugli, Nuba Hills, Kordofan”. ♂ OUMNH, images.
• Spindasis subaurea sabulosa (form) Hawker-Smith, 1929: 231. Burkina Faso: “Poundou, Hte. Volta, F. West Africa”.
• Apharitis nilus (Hewitson, 1865). Ackery et al., 1995.
• Cigaritis nilus (Hewitson, 1865). Heath et al., 2002. Williams, 2007: Aphnaeini 2, p110.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1916. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 17: 378–385. BHL. Reference page. 
• Grose-Smith, H., 1898. Descriptions of new Species of African Butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novit. zool. 5(3): 350–358. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hawker-Smith, W., 1929. [Rhopalocera collected in the region of the Haute Volta, French West Africa]. Lycaenidae. Bulletin of the Hill Museum, Witley 3: 225–233. 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. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.