Liphyra brassolis

Early image of brassolis female from India.

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 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: Miletinae
Tribus: Liphyrini
Genus: Liphyra
Species: Liphyra brassolis
Subspecies:
L. b. abbreviata –L. b. bougainvilleanus –L. b. brassolis –L. b. lugens –L. b. major –L. b. melania –L. b. niepelti –L. b. robusta –L. b. salomonis

Name

Liphyra brassolis Westwood, 1864.

Type locality: "Assam", "Singapore".

Syntypes: OUMNH; ♂ Assam; ♂ Singapore.

Synonymy

Liphyra brassolis Westwood, 1864: 31; de Niceville, 1890: 491, pl.29, fig.243; Bingham, 1907: 451, Fig.102.
Sterosis robusta Felder & Felder, 1865: 219, pl.27 figs.10,11.
Liphyra brassolis extensa (form) Gaede, 1917: 404.
Liphyra brassolis brassolis Westwood; Samson & Smart, 1980: 9; Bridges, 1988: II.57; 1994: IX.64.

References

Bingham, C.T. 1907. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies Vol. 2 London, Taylor & Francis: viii+480pp., 104 text-figs., Pls. 11–20.Reference page.
Bridges, C.A. 1988. Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. Reference page.
Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Doherty, W., 1890. In Marshall & de Nicéville The Butterflies of India Burma and Ceylon. Volume 3. BHL. Reference page.
Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page.
Gaede, M. 1917. Neue Lepidopteren des Berliner Zoologische Museums. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 8: 385–404. BHL Reference page.
de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page.
Niepelt, F.W. 1922. Neue exotischer Rhopaloceren aus dem Bismarck-Archipel. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 15(12): 91,92. BHL. Reference page.
Samson, C. & Smart, P., 1980. A review of the Genus Liphyra (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) of Indo-Australia. Aurelian 1(4): 6-16, ill. Reference page.
Westwood, J. O. 1864. Untitled Note. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)2(proc): 31. BHL Reference page.

Links

The Papua Insects Foundation, images.

Vernacular names

English: Moth Butterfly

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