Mahathala ameria

Mahathala ameria, ♀, N. India, from original description.

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Arhopalini
Genus: Mahathala
Species: Mahathala ameria
Subspecies: M. a. ameria – M. a. hainani – M. a. kiangana

Name

Mahathala ameria (Hewitson, 1862).

Type locality: N.E. India, Assam, Khasi Hills.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

Amblypodia ameria Hewitson, 1862: 14, pl.8 figs 85-86.
Mahathala ameria (Hewitson); Moore, 1878: 703; de Nicéville, 1890: 283, pl.27, fig.200 ♀; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 22, pl.4 figs 4,4a genit.; Pinratana, 1981: 106, pl.18 fig.12; D'Abrera, 1986: 556.
Narathura ameria (Hewitson); Distant, [1885]: 268, pl.21 fig.30 ♀.
Amblypodia angulata Leech, 1890: 44, ♀, China, Chang Yang.
Mahathala ameria zistra Fruhstorfer, 1908: 49, ♀ BMNH, synonymised by Talbot, 1942: 121.

References

D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page.
Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17(1): 3–164, 5 pls. text, plates. Reference page.
Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H. 1908. Lepidopterologisches Pele-Mele. Neue ostasiatische Rhopaloceren. Entomologische Zeitschrift 22(11): 46–47; 22(12): 48–49; Neue sudamerikanische Pieriden. 22(14): 59; Neue Papiliorassen. 22(18): 72–73. Reference page.
Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
Leech, J.H. 1890. New species of Rhopalocera from China. Parts 1-4. Entomologist 23: 26–50; 81-83;109-114; 187–192. Reference page.
Moore, F., 1878. List of Lepidopterous insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878(3): 695-708. Reference page.
de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page.
Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok. Reference page.
Talbot, G., 1942. The races and forms of Mahathala ameria (Hewitson) Lep. Rhop. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 1942, (B)11(8): 120-123. Reference page.

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