Agyllia kituina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Carcharodini
Subtribus: Carcharodina
Genus: Agyllia
Species: Agyllia kituina

Name

Agyllia kituina (Karsch, 1896)

Type locality: Kitui, 180km east of Nairobi, Kenya.

Typus: "Berlin" per Evans, 1937.

Synonymy

  • Hesperia kituina Karsch, 1896: 374.
  • Pyrgus bettoni Butler, 1898: 415, Pl.XXXII, Fig.1. TL: Kenya. Type BMNH.
  • Spialia kituina (Karsch); Higgins, 1924: image, per Evans, 1937: 59; Bridges, 1994: VIII.116, IX.63
  • Agyllia kituina (Karsch); Zhang et al., 2020: 189.

References

  • Bridges, C.A. (1994). Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois: Bridges. BHL Reference page. 
  • Butler, 1898. On a Collection of Lepidoptera made in British East Africa by Mr. C. S. Betton. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 1898: 395–444, pls 32,33. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. Reference page. 
  • Higgins, L.G., 1924. On the Ethiopian species of the genus Hesperia (Lep., Rhop.) with descriptions of two new species. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 72(1/2): 64-120, ill. Reference page. 
  • Karsch, F. 1896. Aethiopische Hesperiiden. Entomologische Nachrichten 22: 372−377. Reference page. 
  • Zhang, J., Brockmann, E., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2020. A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini). Zootaxa 4748(1): 182–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10 Paywall Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: Kitui Grizzled Skipper