Mahathala

Mahathala ameria, ♀, N. India, from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Ditrysia Sectio: Cossina Subsectio: Bombycina Superfamilia: Papilionoidea Series: Papilioniformes

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Arhopalini
Genus: Mahathala
Species: (3)
M. ameria – M. ariadeva – M. gone

Name

Mahathala Moore, 1878.

Type species: Amblypodia ameria Hewitson, 1862.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 17(1): 3-164, 5 pls.
• Eliot, J.N. 1973: The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 28: 371-505.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls.
• Moore, F., 1878. List of Lepidopterous insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(3): 695-708.
• Talbot, G., 1942. The races and forms of Mahathala ameria (Hewitson) Lep. Rhop. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 1942, (B)11(8): 120-123.