Altiapa decolor in Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 2016

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Hypocystina
Genus: Altiapa
Species: Altiapa decolor

Name

Altiapa decolor (Rothschild & Jordan, 1905).

Type locality: "British New Guinea, Angabunga River, 6000ft".

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 1904/5. Genit. vial #1250, (A.S. Meek).

Synonymy

  • Platypthima decolor Rothschild & Jordan, 1905: 459; D'Abrera, 1977: 268/9.
  • Altiapa pandora Parsons, 1998: 561 (partim), pl.92, fig.2645 (misidentification).
  • Altiapa decolor (Rothschild & Jordan); Parsons, 1998: 561, pl.91 figs 2639-41, pl.92 figs 2642,43, pl.XIX genit.; Muller & Tennent, 2016: 21, figs 22-30.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • Parsons, M., 1986. A new genus and twenty-six new species of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. Tyô to Ga 37 (3): 103-177, 160 figs. web. Reference page. 
  • Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550 Reference page. 
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