Ancema ctesia

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: Remelanini
Genus: Ancema
Species: Ancema ctesia
Subspecies: A. c. agalla – A. c. cakravasti – A. c. ctesia

Name

Ancema ctesia (Hewitson, 1865).

Type locality: North India

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonyms

Camena ctesia Hewitson, 1865: 48, pl. 20, figs 1-2; Moore, [1866]: 775; de Nicéville, 1882: 63; Moore, 1884: 529; Elwes, 1888: 394, pl. 8, fig. 6 ♀; Swinhoe, 1893: 302; South, 1902: 137; Fruhstorfer, 1909: 40; Fruhstorfer, 1909: 116; Fruhstorfer, 1912: 207; Matsumura, 1919: 607, pl. 47, fig. 8;
Pratapa ctesia (Hewitson); Swinhoe, [1912]: 140, pl. 730, figs 2, 2b ♂, 2a ♀.
Pratapa parviocellata Murayama & Shibatani, 1948: 37–56. TL: Taiwan.
Ancema ctesia (Hewitson); D'Abrera, 1986: 611; Eliot, 1992: 319, 424, pl. 48, figs 19, 20, genitalia 314.
Camena cutesia [sic] Hewitson; Seki et al, 1991: 92.

References

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Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.
Matsumura, S., 1919. Thousand Insects of Japan Additamenta, Vol. 3, 475-742, Pls. 26-53. Reference page.
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Murayama, S. & Sibatani, A., 1943. Notes on some Formosan species of the sub-family Theclinae with descriptions of new forms. Trans. Kansai ent. Soc. 13(1) : 37–56, 4 pls. Reference page.
de Nicéville, L., 1882. Second list of butterflies taken in Sikkim in October 1882, with notes on habits. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal Pt II, 51(2/3): 54-66. BHL. Reference page.
Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
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