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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Neopithecops
Species: Neopithecops zalmora
Subspecies: Neopithecops zalmora dharma

Name

Neopithecops zalmora dharma (Moore, 1881).

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Pithecops dharma Moore, 1881: 72, pl. 34, fig. 4 '♂' (wet season form).
  • Parapithecops gaura Moore, 1884: 20 (partim) (dry season form). Synonymised by de Nicéville, 1890: 53.
  • Neopithecops zalmora (Butler); de Nicéville, 1890: 53, pl. 26, fig 162 ♀ (partim).
  • Neopithecops todara (Moore ms) de Nicéville, 1890: 54. [Unavailable name in synonymy for dry season form.]
  • Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora todara (Moore in. litt.); Fruhstorfer, 1922: 880 (dry season form). Synonymised and Lectotype ♂ designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 41.
  • Neopithecops zalmora dharma (Moore); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 41, fig. 15 (♂ genitalia).

References

  • Moore, F., 1881. Lepidoptera of Ceylon Volume 1. L. Reeve & Co., London. 190 pp. 71 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Moore, F., 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL text. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Pls. Reference page. 
  • Riley, N.D., [1945]. Spolia Mentawiensia, Rhopalocera; Lycaenidae and Riodinidae. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 94(2): 247-271, 2pls. Reference page. 
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