Miletus chinensis learchus, <♂/♀>, Thailand.

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: Miletini
Genus: Miletus
Species: Miletus chinensis
Subspecies: Miletus chinensis learchus

Name

Miletus chinensis learchus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865

Type locality: China, Cochin.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, 'Luzon' recte China, Cochin.

Synonymy

  • Miletus learchus C. & R. Felder, 1865. [Wet season form.]
  • Miletus irroratus H. Druce, 1874. Holotype: ♂ BMNH , near Bangkok. Synonymised by Eliot, 1961: 162. [Wet season form.]
  • Miletus archilochus kelantanus Corbet, 1938: 248. Kelantan, West Malaysia. Paratype: ♀ BMNH. Synonymised by Eliot, 1961: 162.

References

  • Corbet, A. S., 1938. Observations on certain species of Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula. J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(2): 242–262.
  • Druce, H., 1874. A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. L. Layard in Siam… Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(1): 102–109, pl. 16, 6 figs.
  • Eliot, J. N., 1961. An analysis of the genus Miletus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Raffles. Mus. 26: 154–177, 24 figs.
  • Felder, C. and Felder, R., 1865-75.Rhopalocera. 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.
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