Kirinia

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Parargina
Genus: Kirinia
Species (2): K. epimenides – K. fentoni
Name

Kirinia Moore, 1893: 14.

Type species: Lasiommata epimenides Ménétriés, 1859.
References
Primary references

Moore, F., 1893–1896. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 2. Rhopalocera: Nymphalidae: Satyrini (cont. ), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Charaxina). 274pp, pls 95-190. BHL text, plates. Reference page.

Additional references

Lang, S.Y., Li, A.M. & Sun, W.H. 2017. A new subspecies of Kirinia fentoni (Butler, 1877) from Three Gorges of Yangtse, China (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Atalanta 48: 232–234. Reference page.
Spitsyn, V.M., Kondakov, A.V., Tomilova, A.A., Karamkhudoeva, M. & Potapov, G.S. 2019. A taxonomic revision of the butterfly genera Esperarge and Kirinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Ecologica Montenegrina 26: 118–126. PDF. Reference page.

Kirinia is a genus of butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found in Europe and Asia.
Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

Kirinia climene
Kirinia epaminondas
Kirinia epimenides
Kirinia eversmanni (Eversmann, 1847) Kazakhstan, Ghissaro-Darvaz, Pamiro-Alai
Kirinia roxelana

References

Kirinia, Tree of Life Web Project