| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Calpinae (subfamily)/ UnassignedCalpinae (tribe)/ Cynisca (genus)/ |
| Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Siccyna |
| Authorship: | Fawcett, 1918 |
| Citation: | Genus Cynisca, nov |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Cynisca thisbe Fawcett, 1918. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3(1917)(3–4): 240; pl. 1, fig. 13. By original designation and monotypy. A junior homonym of Cynisca Gray, 1844 [Reptilia]. The objective replacement name is Siccyna Nye, 1975. |
| Publication: | Fawcett J. M. 1918. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13. |
| Journal: | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |
| Volume: | (1917) |
| Issue: | 3–4 |
| Pagination: | 240 |