Ticherra acte

Ticherra acte acte, ♂, ♀, N. India, from Courvoisier collection, NHM Basel, 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: Cheritrini
Genus: Ticherra
Species: Ticherra acte
Subspecies: T. a. acte – T. a. liviana – T. a. retracta – T. a. staudingeri

Name

Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857).

Type Loclaity: N. India, Silhet.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Myrina acte Doubleday, 1847: 21. [nomen nudum].
• Myrina acte Moore, 1857: 47. N. India.
• Myrina acte Moore; Hewitson, 1863: 30, pl.12, figs.8,9.
• Myrina symira Hewitson, 1876: 152; Hewitson, 1878: Suppl.26, pl.3b, figs 107,108. Darjeeling.
• Cheritra acte (Moore); Doherty, 1886: 127. East Kumaon.
• Ticherra acte (Moore); de Nicéville, 1887: 457, pl.40, fig.5 (dry season form).
• Sithon acte (Moore); Staudinger, 1888: 277, pl.95, fig.d5 (wet season form).
• Ticherra acte (Moore); de Nicéville, 1890: 407, pl.28, fig.225.
• Ticherra symira (Moore); de Nicéville, 1890: 408, as ? aberration.
• Ticherra acte acte (Moore); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 245.
• Ticherra acte acte (Moore) f. idina Fruhstorfer, 1912: 245 (dry season form).
• Ticherra acte acte (Moore); Seitz, 1926: 994, pl.146, figs g5,g6 (dry season form), pl.158, figs h7,h8 (wet season form ♀); Cowan, 1967: 85.

References

• Cowan C. F., 1967. The Indo-Oriental Tribe Cheritrini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenicae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20(3): 77–103, 4 pls, BHL. Reference page. 
• Doherty, W., 1886. A list of butterflies taken in Kumaon. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 55(2): 103–140. BHL. Reference page. 
• Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL 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. 
• Godfrey, E. J., 1930. A Revised List of the Butterflies of Siam, with Notes on their Geographical Distribution. J. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl. 7(4): 203–397. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1876. Notes on Mr. Atkinson's collection of East Indian lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 13: 149–152. BHL. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company 1. London. i-v, 1-14, 17-278, i-iv, 1-12, plates 1a-6a. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1887. Descriptions of some new or little-known butterflies from India, with note on …Genus Melanitis. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887(3): 448–467, pls 39, 40. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

বাংলা: জিয়াল ফিতা
English: blue imperial