Amblypodia anita from original description.
Amblypodia anita anita, <♂:♀>, Thailand, Alan Cassidy photo.

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Amblypodiini
Genus: Amblypodia
Species: Amblypodia anita
Subspecies: A. a. andamanica A. a. anita A. a. gigantea A. a. hainana A. a. naradoides A. a. orla A. a. parva

Name

Amblypodia anita Hewitson, 1862.

Type locality: Thailand.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH .

Synonymy

  • Amblypodia anita Hewitson, 1862: 14, pl.8 figs 90-91; Butler, 1883: 147; Elwes, 1888: 403; de Nicéville, 1890: 211, pl.27 fig.191 ♀; Druce, 1895: 587; Pinratana, 1981: 111, pl. 19, fig.15; Eliot, 1992: 294, pl. 44, figs 12, 13, genit. 267.
  • Amblypodia darana Moore, 1879: 141, Sri Lanka.
  • Amblypodia arracana Grose-Smith, 1887: 268, N.E. India, Arracan Hills.
  • Amblypodia narada dina Fruhstorfer, 1907: 150; synonymised by Riley, 1922: 27.
  • Horsfieldia anita (Hewitson); Riley, 1922: 26.

References

  • Butler, A. G., 1883. On a collection of Lepidoptera received from Lt. Col. Charles Swinhoe… Proc. zool. Soc. London 1883(2): 144-175, pl.24. BHL 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. Reference page. 
  • Elwes, H. J., 1888. A catalogue of the lepidoptera of Sikkim. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 36(3): 269-465, pls 8-11. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Grose-Smith, H., 1887. Descriptions of eight new species of Asiatic butterflies. Annals and Magazine of natural History (5)20: 265–268. BHL Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Pls. Reference page. 
  • Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok. Reference page. 
  • Riley, N.D., 1922. The genus Amblypodia auctorum (de Nicéville, Moore, Swinhoe, etc), nec Horsfield. Entomologist 55: 25-29, 51-53. BHL1, BHL2. Reference page. 
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