Araotes lapithis

Araotes lapithis, ♀, Thailand, 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
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Araotes
Species: Araotes lapithis
Subspecies: A. l. archytas – A. l. arianus – A. l. decolor – A. l. lapithis

Name

Araotes lapithis (Moore, [1858])

Type locality: Burma, Moulmein.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Thecla lapithis Boisduval, 1847 (unpublished MS).
• Amblypodia lapithis Doubleday, 1847: 23; nudum.
• Myrina lapithis (Boisduval sp.) Moore, [1858]: 48; Hewitson, 1863: 36, pl.15, ♂ Figs 35,36, ♀ Figs 37, 38.
• Sithon lapithis (Moore); Druce, 1873: 351.
• Biduanda lapithis (Moore); Distant, 1884: 238, pl.20, fig.29 ♀; Moore, 1886: 42; Doherty, 1886: 260.
• Araotes lapithis (Moore); Doherty, 1889: 413; de Nicéville, 1890: 446, pl.29, fig.237 ♂; Elwes, 1893: 642.

References

• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page. 
• Doherty, W., 1886. Additional Notes on new or rare Indian Butterflies. J. asiat. Soc. Beng. 55(3): 256–265. BHL. Reference page. 
• Doherty, W., 1889. On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim. J. asiat. Soc. Beng. 58(4): 409-440, Pl.23. Reference page. 
• Druce, H. 1873. A list of the Collections of Diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Lowe in Borneo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 337–361 pls 32,33. 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. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. 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., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 

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