Niphanda

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Niphandini
Genus: Niphanda
Species (6): N. anthenoides – N. asialis – N. cymbia – N. fusca – N. stubbsi – N. tessellata
Name

Niphanda Moore, [1875]: 572.

Type species: Niphanda tessellata Moore, [1875], by monotypy.
References

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.
Moore, F. [1875]. Descriptions of New Asiatic Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874: 565–579, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page.
Okubo, K., 2007. A new species of Niphanda (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Mindanao, the Philippines. Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan. 58(4): 410–412. Abstract and full article: [1]