Rapala rhoda

Rapala rhoda, <♂:♀>, Sumatra, from original description.

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
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: Rapala rhoda
Subspecies: R. r. rhoda – R. r. sarata

Name

Rapala rhoda de Nicéville, 1896.

Type locality: Sumatra, Battack Mts.

Holotype: ♂ not located.

Synonymy

• Rapala rhoda de Nicéville, 1896: 184, pl. T, figs 43 (♂), 44 (♀); Fruhstorfer, 1914: 178; Corbet, 1939: 111.
• Deudorix rhode [sic] (de Nicéville); Piepers & Snellen, 1918: 90, pl. 26, fig. 140.
• Rapala rhoda rhoda de Nicéville; D'Abrera, 1986: 626.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• 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.
• Fruhstorfer, H., [1914]. Neue Lycaeniden. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 27(4): 172-178.
• de Nicéville, L., 1896. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region (2). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10(2): 169-194, pls R, S, T.
• Piepers, M. C. and Snellen, P. C. T., 1918. The Rhopalocera of Java Part 4. (Erycinidae: Lycaenidae), xlv + 112 pp., 9 pls. The Hague.

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