Rapala caerulea, ♂, in Ménétriés, 1855.

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
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: Rapala caerulea

Name

Rapala caerulea (Bremer & Grey, [1853]).

Type locality: China, Beijing.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

  • Thecla caerulea Bremer & Grey, 1853: 8, pl.2 fig.3; Kirby, 1871: 400; Menetries, 1855: pl.IV Fig.4.
  • Thecla betuloides Blanchard, 1871: 810. Synonymised by Huang, 2001: 82.
  • Atara betuloides (Blanchard); Tuzov et al, 2000: 101, pl. 52, figs 19-21.
  • Rapala caerulea (Bremer & Grey); Huang, 2003: 102.

References

  • Blanchard, C.É. 1871. Remarques sur la faune de la principauté thibétaine du Mou-pin. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences 72: 807–813.Reference page. 
  • Bremer, O. & Grey, W. 1853. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Nördlichen China's. St. Petersburg: 23 pp. web Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Huang, H. 2003. A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongjiang, China, with descriptions of new species, new subspecies and revisional notes. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 55: 3–114. PDF. Reference page. 
  • Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page. 
  • Ménétriés, E., 1855-1863. Catalogue de la Collection Entomologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. Nouvelle Espèces 1 (1857): 69-97; 2: 99-144; 3 (1863): 145-161; 18 pls. BHL1, BHL2, BHL3, BHL4, plates. Reference page. 
  • Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2.
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