Rapala suffusa, 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 suffusa
Subspecies: R. s. anabasis R. s. barthema R. s. catulus R. s. laima R. s.  suffusa

Name

Rapala suffusa Moore, 1879.

Type locality: Burma, Upper Tenasserim, Taoo.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Deudorix suffusa Moore, 1879: 834, pl. 52, fig. 8.
  • Vadebra suffusa (Moore); Moore, [1884]: 528.
  • Rapala suffusa (Moore); de Nicéville, 1890: 466; Elwes, [1893]: 643; Druce, 1896: 682.
  • Rapala testa Swinhoe, 1897: 410.
  • Rapala pengata Fruhstorfer, 1912: 256.
  • Rapala xenophon suffusa (Moore); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 260.
  • Rapala dioetas barthema (Distant); Corbet, 1939: 109.
  • Rapala suffusa suffusa (Moore); D'Abrera, 1986: 625.

References

  • D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • 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. 
  • Moore, F., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521–535, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
  • Swinhoe, C., 1897. New eastern lepidoptera. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 6 19 (112): 407-410.
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