Rapala iarbus

Rapala iarbus iarbus, <♂:♀>, Thailand, Alan Cassidy/Bob Kennett photo.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

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Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: Rapala iarbus
Subspecies: R. i. dekaiarchus – R. i. iarbus – R. i. menaichus

Name

Rapala iarbus (Fabricius, 1787).

Type locality: Thailand, Phuket Is.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, Banks Collection, "Tamah, Pulau Salang (Phuket), v-vii.1779".

Synonyms

• Papilio melampus Stoll, [1781]: 142, pl. 362, figs G, H, preocc. TL: Coromandel Coast, S.India.
• Papilio iarbus Fabricius, 1787: 68.
• Papilio iarbas Fabricius, 1787: 83.
• Hesperia jarbas (Fabricius, [1793]).
• Polyommatus jarbas (Fabricius); Godart, [1824]: 646.
• Thecla jarbas (Fabricius); Horsfield, 1828: 93.
• Thecla sorya Kollar, 1844: 414, pl. 5, figs 1, 2. Synonymised by Horsfield, [1858]: 32.
• Dipsas melampus (Cramer); Horsfield, [1858]: 32.
• Deudorix melampus (Cramer); Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 22.
• Deudorix jarbas (Fabricius); Butler, 1879: 549; Distant, 1885: 278, pl. 24, fig. 15(♂), pl. 20, fig. 26(♀).
• Nadisepa jarbas (Fabricius); Moore, 1882: 249.
• Rapala manea ocerta Fruhstorfer, 1912: 254. Singapore.
• Rapala melampus melampus (Fabricius); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 263.
• Rapala melampus jarbas (Fabricius); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 263.
• Rapala melampus ocerta (Cramer); Corbet, 1939: 110.
• Rapala jarbas ab. chondong Cowan, 1956; Bull. Raffles Mus. 27: 39
• Rapala jarbas (Fabricius); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 362.
• Rapala melampus (Fabricius); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 362.
• Rapala iarbus iarbus (Fabricius); D'Abrera, 1986: 626; Eliot, 1992: 327, 425, pl. 51, figs 3-5, fig. 324 genit.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Butler, A. G., 1879. The Butterflies of Malacca. Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) Zool. 1(8):533-568, pls.68,69.
• 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.
• Cowan, C. F., 1956. Two unusual varieties of common Malayan Rhopalocera. Bull. Raffles Mus. 27: 39-40, 2 pls.
• Distant, W. L., 1882-1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. 16 + 481 pp., 41 pls. London.
• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• Fabricius, J. C., 1787. Mantissa Insectorum 2, 382 pp. Hafniae.
• Fabricius, J. C., 1792 - 1799. Entomologia systematica… C.G. Proft, Copenhagen. 4 vols. + Supp.
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1912. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4): 197-272, 4 Figs.
• Godart, J. B., 1819-1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (2): 328-828. Paris.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. Text Plates.
• 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.
• Horsfield, T., [1858]. in {{aut|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.
• Kollar, V., 1844. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir... In Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2):393-564, 582-585, pls. 1-28.
• Moore, F., 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J. H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra district, N. W. Himalayas, with descriptions of new genera and species, Part 1. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882: 234-263, 2 pls.
• Stoll, C., 1780-1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, 4 vols (252 pp. 400 pls.) and Suppl. (184 pp. 42 pls.) Vol 1; Vol 2; Vol. 3; Vol. 4; Suppl.
• {{aut|Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region Scholarly Publications, 523pp, (1982 Reprint).

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