Rapala suffusa

Rapala suffusa, 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 suffusa
Subspecies: R. s. anabasis – R. s. barthema – R. s. catulus – R. s. laima – R. s.  suffusa

Name

Rapala suffusa Moore, 1879.

Type locality: Burma, Upper Tenasserim, Taoo.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Deudorix suffusa Moore, 1879: 834, pl. 52, fig. 8.
• Vadebra suffusa (Moore); Moore, [1884]: 528.
• Rapala suffusa (Moore); de Nicéville, 1890: 466; Elwes, [1893]: 643; Druce, 1896: 682.
• Rapala testa Swinhoe, 1897: 410.
• Rapala pengata Fruhstorfer, 1912: 256.
• Rapala xenophon suffusa (Moore); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 260.
• Rapala dioetas barthema (Distant); Corbet, 1939: 109.
• Rapala suffusa suffusa (Moore); D'Abrera, 1986: 625.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• 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. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1896. Further contributions to our knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(3): 650–683, pls 29-31. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Elwes, H.J. [1893]. On butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak (part ii). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 617–664, pls 43, 44. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. [1879]. A list of the Lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(4): 821–859, pls. 51–53. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521-535, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
• Swinhoe, C., 1897. New eastern lepidoptera. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 6 19 (112): 407-410.

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