Loxura cassiopeia

Loxura cassiopeia amatica, ♂, ♀, Brunei, Temburong, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Loxurini
Genus: Loxura
Species: Loxura cassiopeia
Subspecies: L. c. amatica – L. c. batunensis – L. c. cassiopeia – L. c. fuscicaudata – L. c. numana – L. c. owadai – L. c. yilma

Name

Loxura cassiopeia Distant, 1884.

Type locality: W. Malaysia, Perak.

Holotype: ♂ not located.

Synonyms

• Loxura cassiopeia Distant, 1884: 200; Pinratana, 1981: 117, pl. 21, fig. 8; D'Abrera, 1986: 591; Eliot, 1992: 298, 299, 422, pl. 44, figs 22-23; Takanami & Seki, consulted 14.viii.2013.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Distant, W. L., 1884. Contributions to a knowledge of Malayan entomology, Pt. III. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)14:198-202.
• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.
• Takanami, Y. & Seki. Y., A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the Philippines.Edn. 12.

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