Sephisa

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: Apaturinae
Genus: Sephisa
Species: S. chandra – S. daimio – S. dichroa – S. princeps
Name

Sephisa Moore, 1882

Type species: Limenitis dichroa Kollar, [1844]
Synonyms

Castalia Westwood, [1850], (preocc. Castalia Lamarck, 1810, Castalia Savigny, 1822, Castalia Laporte & Gory, 1837)
Castalia Moore, 1857

Sephisa dichroa

References

Miyata, T. & Hanafusa, H. 1993. A new subspecies of Sephisa chandra (Moore) from Hainan Is., China (Lep. : Nymphalidae). Futao 11: 18–19. Reference page.
Nguyen, T.H. 1984. Deux nouvelles sous-especes de Sephisa dichroa Kollar (Lep. Nymphalidae). Nota lepidopterologica (n.f.) 7(4): 337–344. Full article BHL. Reference page.

Sephisa is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae.
Species

Sephisa dichroa (Kollar, [1844]) – western courtier
Sephisa princeps (Fixsen, 1887)
Sephisa chandra (Moore, [1858]) – eastern courtier
Sephisa daimio Matsumura, 1910

External links

"Sephisa Moore, 1882" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms