Sinthusa nasaka amba, ♂, Thailand, Bob Kennett/Alan Cassidy photo.
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: Sinthusa
Species: Sinthusa nasaka
Subspecies: Sinthusa nasaka amba

Name

Sinthusa nasaka amba (Kirby, 1878).

Type locality: W. Malaysia, Malacca.

Lectotype: ♂, MNHU , "Origin. (p) [orange]/Sinthusa amba Kirby (Dist.) (h)/Malacca Eichhorn(p)/687.(h) Hypolycaena amba Kirby, 1878 Takanami 1986(h) [pinl]" Designated by Takanami, 1989:34.

Synonymy

  • Hypolycaena amba Kirby, 1878(Supp.): 32, pl.Supp 6, figs 44-46.
  • Sinthusa amba (Kirby); Distant, [1884]: 461, pl.44, figs 12♂, 19♀; Doherty, 1889: 427; de Nicéville, 1890: 485; Elwes, [1893]: 644.
  • Sinthusa amboides Elwes, [1893]: 645.
  • Sinthusa nasaka obscurata Fruhstorfer, 1912: 228.
  • Sinthusa nasaka amba (Kirby); Evans, 1927: 194; Pinratana, 1981: 146, pl. 26, figs 8, 9; D'Abrera, 1986: 633; Bridges, 1994: IX.118; Eliot, 1992: 325, 425, pl.51, figs 24-26; Yutaka, consulted 9.x.2012.

References

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  • Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page. 
  • Doherty, W., 1889. On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim. J. asiat. Soc. Beng. 58(4): 409–440, pl.23. text, plate. 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. 
  • Elwes, H.J. [1893]. On butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak (part ii). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 617–664, pls 43, 44. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Evans, W.H. 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. BHL (text), BHL (figs). Reference page. 
  • Kirby, W. F. in Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. Text Plates. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
  • Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok. Reference page. 
  • Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80. PDF. Reference page. 
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