Genus Cigaritis Donzel, 1847
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Cigaritis Donzel, 1847. Ann. Soc. entomol. Fr. (2)5: 528.  
    TS: Cigaritis zohra Donzel, 1847 by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1875. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 10(2): 142.
[JH] Zerythis Lucas, 1849. Explor. Sci. Algérie, Zool. 3: pl. 1, fig. 8.  
    TS: Zerythis siphax Lucas, 1849 by monotypy ; nec Zerythis Blanchard, 1840. Hist. Nat. Ins. 3: 463.
[JS] Spindasis Wallengren, 1857. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (NF)2(4): 45.  
    TS: Spindasis masilikazi Wallengren, 1857 by original designation.
[JS] Apharitis Riley, 1925. Novit. Zool. 32: 78-79.  
    TS: Polyommatus epargyros Eversmann, 1854 by original designation.  
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Cigaritis zohra Donzel, 1847 ; Cigaritis monticola Riley, 1925 ; Cigaritis allardi Oberthür, 1909 ; Cigaritis siphax Lucas, 1849 ; Cigaritis myrmecophila Dumont, 1922 ; Cigaritis acamas (Klug, 1834).  
(2) List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Cigaritis epargyros (Eversmann, 1854) ; Cigaritis cilissa Lederer, 1861 ; …  
Bibliography  
Donzel H. 1847.
Description de lépidoptères nouveaux.
Annales de la Société entomologique de France (2)5: 525-530, pl. 8. (url)
New taxon: Cigaritis. 		 
       
Lucas H. 1849.
Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences Physiques, Zoologie, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux articulés.
Troisième partie, Insectes (suite). Paris: imprimerie nationale (Ed.). pp. 1-527. (text : url ; plates : url)
New taxon: Zerythis. 		 
       
Riley N. D. 1925.
The species usually referred to the genus Cigaritis Boisd. [Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae].
Novitates zoologicae : a journal of zoology in connection with the Tring Museum 32: 70-95. (url)
New taxon: Apharitis. 		 
       
Scudder S. H.  1875.
Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies.
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10(2): 91-293. (url)		  
       
Wallengren H. D. J. 1857.
Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum.
Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (NF)2(4): 3-55. (url)
New taxon: Spindasis. 		 
 
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