Ernsta confusa

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: Ernsta
Subgenus: Ernsta
Species: Ernsta confusa
Subspecies: E. c. confusa – E. c. obscura

Ernsta confusa (Higgins, 1924)

Type locality: [Malawi]: “Nyasaland”.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.

Hesperia transvaaliae var. confusa Higgins, 1924: 90.
Spialia confusa (Higgins); Kielland, 1990: 235; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.53, IX.63; Ackery, et al., 1995ː 78; Lepindex.
Ernsta (Ernsta) confusa confusa (Higgins); Zhang et al., 2020.

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