Charana mandarinus ♂, ♀, India, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel, Alan Cassidy photo.
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: Iolaini
Genus: Charana
Species: Charana mandarinus
Subspecies: C. m. mandarinus – C. m. splendida

Name

Charana mandarinus (Hewitson, 1863).

Type locality: N. India, Sylhet.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonyms

  • Myrina mandarinus Hewitson, 1863: 28, pl. 11, figs 6, 7 ♀.
  • Charana mandarinus (Hewitson); de Nicéville, 1890: 401, pl. 28, fig. 222 ♂; Fruhstorfer, [1914]: 173; Evans, 1927: 184; Smith, 1993: 47, pl. 22A, figs 9, 10.
  • Charana mandarina (Hewitson); Pinratana, 1981: 136, pl. 24, fig. 2; D'Abrera, 1986: 607; Seki et al, 1991: 91, pl. 62 L331; Eliot, 1992: 317, 424, pl. 48, figs 17, 18, fig. 312 (genit.).

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
  • Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
  • Evans, W. H., 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, edn 1. xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras.
  • Fruhstorfer, H., [1914]. Neue Lycaeniden. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 27(4): 172-178.
  • Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. Text Plates.
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
  • Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
  • Smith, C., 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, 128pp. Rohit Kumar, Lashkar (Gwalior).
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