Loxura cassiopeia amatica, ♂, ♀, Brunei, Temburong, 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: Loxurini
Genus: Loxura
Species: Loxura cassiopeia
Subspecies: L. c. amatica – L. c. batunensis – L. c. cassiopeia – L. c. fuscicaudata – L. c. numana – L. c. owadai – L. c. yilma

Name

Loxura cassiopeia Distant, 1884.

Type locality: W. Malaysia, Perak.

Holotype: ♂ not located.

Synonyms

  • Loxura cassiopeia Distant, 1884: 200; Pinratana, 1981: 117, pl. 21, fig. 8; D'Abrera, 1986: 591; Eliot, 1992: 298, 299, 422, pl. 44, figs 22-23; Takanami & Seki, consulted 14.viii.2013.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
  • Distant, W. L., 1884. Contributions to a knowledge of Malayan entomology, Pt. III. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)14:198-202.
  • Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
  • Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.
  • Takanami, Y. & Seki. Y., A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the Philippines.Edn. 12.
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