Rapala diopites alcetina, ♂, Philippines, Marinduque, Alan Cassidy photo.

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 diopites
Subspecies: R. d. alcetas – R. d. alcetina – R. d. diopites

Name

Rapala diopites (Hewitson, [1869]).

Type locality: Philippines.

Lectotype: ♀ SMF, Camiguin de Luzon, designated by Takanami, 1986: 186.

Synonymy

  • Deudorix diopites Hewitson, 1869, Suppl. p. 11, partim, figs 52 and 53 ♀, nec fig. 54 "♂", recte ♀.
  • Rapala diopites (Hewitson); Semper, 1890: 224–225. "Babuyanes"; Fruhstorfer, [1912]: 260; Seitz, 1926: 1003.
  • Rapala diopetes [sic] (hewitson); D'Abrera, 1986: 629.
  • Rapala diopites diopites (Hewitson); Treadaway & Schröder, 2012: 44.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
  • Fruhstorfer, H., 1912. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4): 197-272, 4 Figs.
  • Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. Text Plates.
  • Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.
  • Semper, G., 1886-1892. Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln, I. Tagfalter. 380 + 14 pp., 49 + 2 pls. Wiesbaden.
  • Takanami, Y., 1986. Desgnation of Lectotype of Deudorix diopites Hewitson from the Philippines, with new status of Rapala alcetas (Staudinger) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô-to-Ga. 36 (4): 185–189.
  • Treadaway, C. G. & Schröder, H., 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nach. ent. Ver. Apollo 32 Suppl. 20, 64pp.
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