Cheritra freja butleri

Cheritra freja butleri, S. India, 'vijaybarve' 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: Cheritra
Species: Cheritra freja
Subspecies: Cheritra freja butleri

Name

Cheritra freja butleri Cowan, 1965.

Type locality: S. India.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, North Kanara.

Synonyms

• Myrina jaffra Godart; Butler, 1867: 34. "S. India, nec Assam".
• Cheritra jaffra (Butler) de Nicéville, 1890: 410. Sri Lanka, S. India.
• Cheritra freja jaffra (Butler); Evans, 1925: 766; Evans, 1932: 288. S. India.
• Cheritra freja joffra (Butler); Seitz, 1926: 993. S. India.
• Cheritra freja butleri Cowan, 1965: 70; Cowan, 1967: 90; D'Abrera, 1986: 601. S. India.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Butler, A. G., 1867. Notes on the identity of certain species of Lycaenidae. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 34-36, 3 figs.
• Cowan, C. F., 1965. The nomenclature of Cheritra freja (Fab.) Entomologist 98: 68–72.
• Cowan, C. F., 1967. The Indo-Oriental Tribe Cheritrini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenicae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20(3): 77-103, 4 pls.
• Evans, W. H., 1925. The identification of Indian butterflies, Part 8. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(4): 756–776, 1 pl.
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
• Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.