Rapala dieneces, ♂, ♀, 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
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: Rapala dieneces
Subspecies: R. d. dazata R. d. dieneces R. d. intermedius R. d. mezetulus R. d. paradoxa

Name

Rapala dieneces (Hewitson, 1878).

Type locality: Singapore.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH, by inference of Eliot, 1969: 277.

Synonymy

  • Deudorix xenophon Distant (nec Fabricius [Hesperia xenophon]), 1886: 465, pl. 44, fig. 1 ♀.
  • Thecla xenophon (Fabricius); Horsfield, 1829: 94, No. 27.
  • Deudorix dieneces Hewitson, 1878: Suppl. p. 31, pl. Va, figs 65, 67 (♂), 66 (♀).
  • Deudorix xonophou [sic] (Fabricius); Kirby, 1871: 416.
  • Rapala xenophon (Distant); H. H. Druce, 1895: 623.
  • Rapala drasmos H. H. Druce, 1895: 624, pl. 34, fig. 13 (♀); Holotype ♀ MNHU, Labuan, synonymised by Eliot, 1969: 277.
  • Rapala drasmos Druce; Corbet, 1939: 109.
  • Rapala dieneces dieneces (Hewitson); Corbet, 1939: 109; Eliot, 1992: 328, 425, pl. 50, figs 33-35.
  • Rapala dieneces aurelia Fruhstorfer, 1912; Yutaka, consulted 16/10/2012.

References

  • Corbet, A. S., 1939. A revision of the Malayan species of Rapala Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)8(6): 103–112, fig. 1-20a. Reference page. 
  • Eliot, J. N. 1969. More revisional notes on oriental butterflies. Entomologist 102: 269–278, 8 figs., 1 pl. Reference page. 
  • Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. 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. 
  • Riley, N. D., [1945]. Spolia Mentawiensia, Rhopalocera; Lycaenidae and Riodinidae. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 94(2): 247–271, 2pls.
  • Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23–80. Abstract and full article: .
  • Yutaka, I. & Saito, K., A Checklist of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam.
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