Zinaida

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Baorini
Genus: Zinaida
Species (14, per Tang et al., 2017):
Z. caerulescens – Z. fukia – Z. gigantea – Z. gotama – Z. jigongi – Z. kiraizana – Z. matsuii – Z. mencia – Z. micropunctata – Z. nascens – Z. pellucida – Z. suprema – Z. theca – Z. zina
Name

Zinaida Evans, 1937: 64.

Type species: Parnara nascens Leech, [1893]: 614, by original designation.
References

Evans, W.H. 1937. Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: descriptions of new genera, species and subspecies. Entomologist 70: 16-19, 38–40; 64–66, 81–83. Reference page.
Fan, X.L., Chiba, H., Huang, Z.F., Fei, W., Wang, M. & Sáfián, S. 2016. Clarification of the Phylogenetic Framework of the Tribe Baorini (Lepidoptera:Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) Inferred from Multiple Gene Sequences. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0156861. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156861. Zoobank Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Leech, J.H. 1892-1894. Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea. 681pp., 1 map, 43 pls. London. 1: 1-297 pp., 2: 297–681, Map, Plates. Reference page.
Tang, J., Huang, Z.F., Chiba, H., Han, Y., Wang, M. & Fan, X.L. 2017. Systematics of the genus Zinaida Evans, 1937 (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Baorini). PLoS ONE 12(11): e0188883. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188883. Reference page.
Toussaint, E.F.A., Vila, R., Yago, M., Chiba, H., Warren, A.D., Aduse-Poku, K., Storer, C., Dexter, K.M., Maruyama, K., Lohman, D.J. & Kawahara, A.Y. 2019. Out of the Orient: Post-Tethyan transoceanic and trans-Arabian routes fostered the spread of Baorini skippers in the Afrotropics. Systematic Entomology 44(4): 926–938. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12365 Reference page.