Rapala rhoecus

Rapala rhoecus, ♀, Thailand, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: Rapala rhoecus
Subspecies: R. r. rhoecus – R. r. vajana

Name

Rapala rhoecus de Nicéville, 1895.

Type locality: Indonesia, N.E. Sumatra, Battack Mts.

Holotype: ♂ not located.

Synonymy

• Rapala rhoecus de Nicéville, 1895: 319, Pl. P, fig. 47.
• Rapala nicevillei Swinhoe, [1912]: 49, pl 716, figs 1, 1a, 1b. TL: India, Assam.
• Rapala sphinx intermedia Ollenbach. 1921:131, fig. xiii. TL: Kalataung. Tavoy District, Burma.
• Rapala elcia rhoecus de Nicéville; Pinratana, 1981: 151: pl. 28, figs 14, 15; D'Abrera, 1986: 628.
• Rapala rhoecus rhoecus de Nicéville; Eliot, 1992: 328, 425, pl. 50, figs 16-18.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L. 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 9(3): 259–321; (4): 366–410, Pls. N–Q. Reference page. 
• Ollenbach, O. C., 1921. A list of butterflies collected in the Tavoy district, Burma. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 28(1): 123-139, 1 pl. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.
• Swinhoe, C., [1912]. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 9 (1911-1912) Lycaenidae (cont.) and Hesperiidae, x 278 pp, pls 706-756. London.

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