Ancema ctesia, ♂, India, Assam, Agra, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel, Alan Cassidy photo.
Ancema ctesia, female, in Elwes, 1888.
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
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: Theclinae
Tribus: Remelanini
Genus: Ancema
Species: Ancema ctesia
Subspecies: A. c. agalla A. c. cakravasti A. c. ctesia

Name

Ancema ctesia (Hewitson, 1865).

Type locality: North India

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonyms

  • Camena ctesia Hewitson, 1865: 48, pl. 20, figs 1-2; Moore, [1866]: 775; de Nicéville, 1882: 63; Moore, 1884: 529; Elwes, 1888: 394, pl. 8, fig. 6 ♀; Swinhoe, 1893: 302; South, 1902: 137; Fruhstorfer, 1909: 40; Fruhstorfer, 1909: 116; Fruhstorfer, 1912: 207; Matsumura, 1919: 607, pl. 47, fig. 8;
  • Pratapa ctesia (Hewitson); Swinhoe, [1912]: 140, pl. 730, figs 2, 2b ♂, 2a ♀.
  • Pratapa parviocellata Murayama & Shibatani, 1948: 37–56. TL: Taiwan.
  • Ancema ctesia (Hewitson); D'Abrera, 1986: 611; Eliot, 1992: 319, 424, pl. 48, figs 19, 20, genitalia 314.
  • Camena cutesia [sic] Hewitson; Seki et al, 1991: 92.

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. 
  • Fruhstorfer, H., 1909. Lepidopterisches Pêle-Mêle 16; Neue Rhopaloceren von Formosa. Ent. Z. Frankf. A. M. 8: 40. Reference page. 
  • Fruhstorfer, H., 1909. Lepidopterisches Pêle-Mêle 16; Neues aus Formosa. Ent. Z. Frankf. A. M. 25: 116-118. Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Moore, F., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521–535, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Murayama, S. & Sibatani, A., 1943. Notes on some Formosan species of the sub-family Theclinae with descriptions of new forms. Trans. Kansai ent. Soc. 13(1) : 37–56, 4 pls. Reference page. 
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