Cissia

Life-forms

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
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Euptychiina
Genus: Cissia
Species: C. cleophes – C. confusa – C. joyceae – C. labe – C. lesbia – C. maripa – C. moneta – C. myncea – C. palladia – C. penelope – C. pompilia – C. proba – C. pseudoconfusa – C. similis – C. terrestris – C. themis – C. touloulou
Name

Cissia Doubleday, 1848.
Synonyms

Argyreuptychia Forster, 1964

References

Brévignon, C. 2005a: Description de nouveaux Satyrinae provenant de Guyane française (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Lambillionea, 105(3) (Tome II): 393–404. Reference page.
Forster, W. 1964. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens. XIX. Lepidoptera III. Satyridae. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 8: 51–188. full aticle (PDF). Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page.
Singer, M.C., DeVries, P.J. & Ehrlich, P.R. 1983. The Cissia confusa species-group in Costa Rica and Trinidad (Lepidoptera:Satyrinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 79(2): 101–119 DOI: 10.18473/lepi.70i4.a8. Reference page.
Zacca, T., Casagrande, M.M., Mielke, O.H.H., Huertas, B., Espeland, M., Freitas, A.V.L., Willmott, K.R., Nakahara, S. & Lamas, G. 2020. Revalidation of Vareuptychia Forster, 1964, description of Vanima gen. nov., and notes on Euptychia cleophes Godman & Salvin, 1889 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa 4848(1): 1–34. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4848.1.1. Paywall. Reference page.

Cissia is a genus of satyrid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm.
Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

Cissia cleophes (Godman & Salvin, 1889) – Salvin's satyr
Cissia confusa (Staudinger, 1887) – confused satyr
Cissia joyceae Singer, DeVries & Ehrlich, 1983
Cissia labe (Butler, 1870) – rusty-spotted satyr
Cissia lesbia (Staudinger, [1886]) – Lesbia satyr
Cissia maripa Brévignon, 2005
Cissia moneta (Weymer, 1911)
Cissia myncea (Cramer, 1780) – Myneca satyr
Cissia palladia (Butler, 1867) – Butler's satyr
Cissia penelope (Fabricius, 1775) – Penelope's ringlet
Cissia pompilia (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – plain satyr
Cissia proba (Weymer, 1911) – Weymer's ringlet
Cissia pseudoconfusa Singer, DeVries & Ehrlich, 1983 – gold-stained satyr
Cissia similis (Butler, 1867) – stormy satyr
Cissia terrestris (Butler, 1867) – terrestrial satyr, Butler's ringlet
Cissia themis (Butler, 1867) – Nicaraguan satyr

Butler's satyr (C. palladia), Trinidad

References

"Cissia Doubleday, 1848" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms