Rapala selira, ♂, Nepal, 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
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: Rapala selira

Name

Rapala selira (Moore, 1874).

Type locality: N.W. India, Kashmir.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Deudorix selira Moore, 1874: 272.
  • Hysudra selira (Moore); Moore, 1882: 250; Doherty, 1886: 126; de Nicéville, 1890: 454, pl. 29, fig 240 ♂; Swinhoe, [1912]: 19, pl. 709, figs 1, 1a, 1b.
  • Rapala selira roana Fruhstorfer, 1916: 25. Bashahr, N.W. Himalaya.
  • Rapala micans selira (Moore); Evans, 1927: 193; Smith, 1993: 49, pl. 23B, figs 4, 9.
  • Rapala selira (Moore); Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Lewis, 1974: 206, fig, 30; Bridges, 1994: IX.112; Chou & Gu, 1994.

References

  • Chou, I. & Gu, 1994. In Chou I. (ed.), Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
  • Doherty, W., 1886. A list of butterflies taken in Kumaon. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 55(2): 103–140. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Evans, W. H., 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. text, plates Reference page. 
  • Fruhstorfer, H., 1916e. Neue Lokalrassen indischer Tagfalter. Ent. Rundsch. 33(5): 24-25. Reference page. 
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.
  • Moore, F., 1874. List of diurnal lepidoptera collected in Cashmere territory by Capt. R. B. Reed, 12th Regiment, with descriptions of new species. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(1): 264–274, pl. 43. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
  • Moore, F., 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J. H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra district, N. W. Himalayas, with descriptions of new genera and species, Part 1. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882: 234–263, 2 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
  • Smith, C., 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, 128pp. Rohit Kumar, Lashkar (Gwalior).
  • Swinhoe, C., [1912]. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 9 (1911-1912) Lycaenidae (cont.) and Hesperiidae, x + 278 pp, pls 706-756. London.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region Scholarly Publications, 523pp, (1982 Reprint).
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