Rapala varuna, <♂:♀>, Java, from Piepers & Snellen, 1918.

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 varuna
Subspecies: R. v. ambasa R. v. arima R. v. batilma R. v. formosana R. v. grisea R. v. guineensis R. v. lazulina R. v. nada R. v. olivia R. v. orseis R. v. phranga R. v. rogersi R. v. sagata R. v. saha R. v. simsoni R. v. tacita R. v. varuna

Name

Rapala varuna Horsfield, 1829.

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Thecla varuna Horsfield, 1829: 91.
  • Deudorix varuna (Horsfield); Hewitson, 1863: 22, pl.9, figs 32-33, pl.10: 36–37; Piepers & Snellen, 1918: 86, pl.25, figs 131a,131b.
  • Rapala varuna (Horsfield); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 258; Evans, 1927: 192; Corbet, 1939: 111; D'Abrera, 1986: 627; Eliot, 1992: 328, 425, pl. 51, figs 15-17.
  • Rapala varuna zulkarna Seitz, [1927]: 1004, pl. 160f. Synonymy in Bridges, 1988: II.95.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • Bridges, C.A. 1988. Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. Reference page. 
  • Corbet, A. S., 1939. A revision of the Malayan species of Rapala Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)8(6): 103–112, fig. 1-20a. 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. 
  • 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. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. BHL (text), BHL (figs). Reference page. 
  • Huang & Yekea, S. M., 1943. The Chinese Lycaenidae. Notes ent. chin. 10:67-213.
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 1-766; 767-1107, pls 1-175. BHL1, BHL2, Plates. Reference page. 
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