Rapala duma, ♂, lectotype, designated by Robbins & Lamas, 2002.
Rapala duma, ♂, Karen Hills, from original description of abnormis.

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 duma
Subspecies: R. d. abusina R. d. duma

Name

Rapala duma Hewitson, 1878.

Type locality: "Bogota, Colombia", recte S. E. Asia, possibly W. Malaysia.

Lectotype: ♂ ZMHU, "SYN-/TYPE"/"Duma"/"Bogota/NoIcken.", designated by Robbins & Lamas, 2002: 200, figs 3, 4.

Synonymy

  • Thecla duma Hewitson, 1878: 211, pl. 84, fig. 713. "Colombia, Bogota (Nolcken)".
  • Rapala abnormis Elwes, [1893]: 642, pl. 44, fig. 2.
  • Rapala abnormis abnormis Elwes; Seitz, 1927: 1007; Eliot, 1992: 328, 425, pl. 50, fig. 14.
  • Rapala duma duma (Hewitson); Eliot, 1992: 511 (postscript); Takanami, 1998: 48, pl. 1, figs 4c, 4d; Yutaka, consulted 07 June 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. 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. 
  • Robbins, R. K. & Lamas, G. 2002. Nomenclatural Changes in the Neotropical Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae) Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 19 (Supl. 1): 197–214. PDF. Reference page. 
  • Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.
  • Takanami, Y., 1998. Genus Rapala (Lycaenidae) of the Southeast Asian Islands. (in Japanese) Butterflies 19: 41–57, 6 plates.Yutaka, I. & Saito, K., A Checklist of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam.
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