Araotes

Araotes lapithis from Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 9, Pl. 709.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

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Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Araotes
Species: A. lapithis – A. perrhaebis

Name

Araotes Doherty, 1889: 413

Type species: Myrina lapithis Moore, [1858]

Synonyms

• Araotes de Nicéville, 1890. See note in Hemming, 1967: 52.

References

• Doherty, W., 1889. On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim. J. asiat. Soc. Beng. 58(4): 409-440, 2 pls.
• Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. 1967, Suppl. 9.
• Moore, F., [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company Vol. 1 i-v, 1-14, 17-278, i-iv, 1-11; pls 1-12, 1a-6a. London.
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
• Swinhoe, C., [1912]. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 9 (1911-1912) Lycaenidae (cont.) and Hesperiidae, x + 278 pp, pls 706-756. London.

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