Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species: Cigaritis montana

Name

Cigaritis montana (Joicey & Talbot, 1924).

Type locality: [Democratic Republic of Congo]: “East Luvua Valley, escarpment five days north-east of Lake Mweru, 4,000-5,000 ft.”.

Holotype: BMNH

Synonymy

  • Spindasis montana Joicey & Talbot, 1924: 545; Ackery et al., 1995; D'Abrera, 2009: 704.
  • Cigaritis montana (Joicey & Talbot); 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. 
  • Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803. ISBN 978-0-643-05561-2 Reference page. 
  • Joicey, J. J. & Talbot, G. 1924b. New forms of African lepidoptera collected by T. Alexander Barns. Bulletin of the Hill Museum 1(3): 539-564. Reference page. 
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