Remelana jangala ravata, ♂, Thailand.

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: Remelanini
Genus: Remelana
Species: Remelana jangala
Subspecies: R. j. andamanica R. j. baweana R. j. callias R. j. centa R. j. daoana R. j. erna R. j. esra R. j. huberta R. j. jangala R. j. khusus R. j. mudra R. j. orsolina R. j. ravata R. j. travana

Name

  • Remelana jangala (Horsfield, 1829)
    • Authority for placement: objective (type species)
    • Holotype: BMNH
    • Type locality: Indonesia, Java

Synonyms

  • Amblypodia jangala Horsfield, 1829: 113.
  • Myrina travana Hewitson, 1865: 38, pl. 42, figs 59, 60.
  • Myrina orsolina Hewitson, 1865: 38, pl. 42, figs 56-58.
  • Myrina jangala (Horsfield); Moore, [1866]: 776.
  • Myrina ravata Moore, [1866]: 776, pl. 41, fig. 11.
  • Remelana jangala (Horsfield); Moore, 1884: 37; Eliot, 1992: 318, 424, pl. 49, figs 11-13, g313.
  • Remelana travana (Hewitson); Moore, 1884: 37.
  • Sithon jangala (Horsfield); Fruhstorfer, 1907: 144.
  • Sithon jangala f. bella Fruhstorfer, 1907: 144 [dry season form].

References

  • 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. 
  • Fruhstorfer, H., 1907. Alte und neue rasse von Sithon jangala Horsfield. Ent. Zeit. 21(23): 144. 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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.

Vernacular names

English: Chocolate Royal
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