Rapala caerulea

Rapala caerulea, ♂, in Ménétriés, 1855.

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
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: Rapala caerulea

Rapala caerulea (Bremer & Grey, [1853]).

Type locality: China, Beijing.

Holotype: not located.

Thecla caerulea Bremer & Grey, 1853: 8, pl.2 fig.3; Kirby, 1871: 400; Menetries, 1855: pl.IV Fig.4.
Thecla betuloides Blanchard, 1871: 810. Synonymised by Huang, 2001: 82.
Atara betuloides (Blanchard); Tuzov et al, 2000: 101, pl. 52, figs 19-21.
Rapala caerulea (Bremer & Grey); Huang, 2003: 102.

Blanchard, C.É. 1871. Remarques sur la faune de la principauté thibétaine du Mou-pin. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences 72: 807–813. BHL Reference page.

Bremer, O. & Grey, W. 1853. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Nördlichen China's. St. Petersburg: 23 pp. Internet Archive Reference page.

Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.

Huang, H., 2001. Report of H. Huang's 2000 expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 51: 65–151. PDF. Reference page.

Huang, H. 2003. A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongjiang, China, with descriptions of new species, new subspecies and revisional notes. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 55: 3–114. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page.

Ménétriés, E., 1855-1863. Enumerato corporum musei imperialis Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae. Cat. lep. Petersb. 1 Catalogue Lepidoptera Diurna; Nouvelle Espèces 1 (1857): 69-97; Nouvelles Espèces 2: 99-144; Nouvelle Espèces 3 (1863): 145-161; 18 pls. BHL1, BHL2, BHL3, BHL4, plates. Reference page.
Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2.

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