Bindahara phocides moorei

Bindahara phocides moorei, ♂, Sri Lanka, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel, Alan Cassidy photo

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Bindahara phocides moorei, <♂:♀>, from Moore, Lep. Ceylon., 1881.

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Bindahara
Species: Bindahara phocides
Subspecies: Bindahara phocides moorei

Name

Bindahara phocides moorei Fruhstorfer, 1904.

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• det. "Bindahara phocides (Fabricius)"; Moore, 1881: 112, pl.42 figs 3,3a.
• Bindahara phocides moorei Fruhstorfer, 1904: 151, Bridges, 1994: IX.18. (See also D’Abrera, 1986, cited in Revathy et al. 2014); {{a|Peter Smetacek|Smetaceket al., 2025: 126.
• Bindahara moorei Fruhstorfer, 1904; Sadasivan & Sengupta 2024: 148, Appen.1, Tab.8; Sadasivan et al., 2025: 47, Fig. 13A.

References

Primary references

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1904. Neue indo-australische lepidopteren. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Iris 17: 133-157. BHL. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. Reference page. 
• Sadasivan, K. & Sengupta, A. 2024. The Butterflies of Western Ghats: Their Status and Distribution. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 121(2): 126–174. DOI: 10.17087/jbnhs/2024/v121/164523 PDF ReserchGate Reference page. 
• Sadasivan, K., P.C. Sujitha, Muhamed Jafer Palot, V.C. Balakrishnan, Toms Augustine, Baiju Kochunarayanan, Edayillam Kunhikrishnan, Jebine Jose, V.M. Anila, R. Mahesh, T.K. Sreenivasan & Nair, V.P. 2025. The butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of Kerala: Status and distribution. ENTOMON Monograph (2025) Series 1. 1–217. ResearchGate PDF DOI: 10.33307/entomon.v49i5.1501 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Revathy V.S., Mathew G., Sadasivan, N. & Anaz M.K. 2014. A note on the occurrence of Bindahara phocides (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) as a fruit borer of Salacia fruticosa Heyne ex Lawson at Peechi, Kerala, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 111(3): 25–26. ResearchGate