Cheritrini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Cheritrini
Genera (7)
Ahmetia – Cheritra – Cheritrella – Dapidodigma – Drupadia – Ritra – Ticherra

References

Cowan C. F., 1967. The Indo-Oriental Tribe Cheritrini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenicae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20(3): 77–103, 4 pls, BHL. Reference page.
Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology 28(6): 371-505. Reference page.
Özdikmen, H. 2008. Replacement names for two preoccupied butterfly genus group names (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Munis Entomology & Zoology 3(1): 321–322. PDF. Reference page.

The Cheritrini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae; they contain the imperials and allies. Their closest living relatives seem to be the Horagini; indeed, the genus Ahmetia (formerly called Cowania) was in the past often placed there.[1]
Genera

As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary. Dapidodigma, sometimes allied with the Loxurini instead (though this seems to be in error), is the most basal living genus of Cheritrini. The others seem to form a close-knit and more apomorphic radiation.[1]

Ahmetia (formerly Cowania)
Cheritra – typical imperials
Cheritrella – truncate Imperial
Dapidodigma
Drupadia – posies
Ritra
Ticherra – blue imperial

Footnotes

See Brower (2008) and the references in Savela (2009)

References

Brower, Andrew V.Z. (2008): Tree of Life Web Project – Cheritrini. Version of 2008-APR-24. Retrieved 2009-AUG-10.
Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms: Theclinae. Version of 2009-FEB-05. Retrieved 2009-AUG-10.