Oreolyce vardhana nepalica ♂, Nepal
Oreolyce vardhana nepalica, ♀ genitalia.

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Oreolyce
Subgenus: Arletta
Species: Oreolyce vardhana
Subspecies: (2)
O. v. nepalica O. v. vardhana

Name

Oreolyce vardhana (Moore, [1875]).

Type locality: India.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Type, N.W. Himalayas Dr. Bayne Reed, Polyommatus vardhana ♂ (type) Moore"; designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 35.

Synonymy

  • Polyommatus vardhana Moore, [1875]: 572, pl. 66, fig. 5.
  • Cyaniris vardhana (Moore); Seitz, 1909: 323, pl. 83g ♂♀.
  • Notarthrinus vardhana (Moore;) Chapman, 1909: 424, fig. 51 ♂ genitalia.
  • Moorea vardhana (Moore); Toxopeus, 1927: 255.
  • Arletta vardhana (Moore); Hemming, 1935: 3.
  • Oreolyce (Arletta) vardhana vardhana (Moore); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 35.

References

  • Chapman, T., 1909. A review of the species of the lepidopterous genus Lycaenopsis Feld. (Cyaniris auct. ned Dalm.) on examination of the male ancillary appendages. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 419–476, 72 figs. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Moore, F. [1875]. Descriptions of New Asiatic Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874: 565–579, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Toxopeus, L. J., 1927-1928. Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschr. Ent. 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ibid. 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs. Reference page. 
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