Luthrodes contracta

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

Name

Luthrodes contracta (Butler, 1880).

Type locality: Afghanistan, Kandahar.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH, "Candahar, 80.36. / BMNH(E) # 254403". Designated by Nekrutenko, 1984: 36.

Lampides contracta Butler, 1880: 406, pl. 39, fig. 3. India: “Rokeran, .... Candahar”.
Chilades lempkei Blom, 1979: 10. Iran.
Lachides contracta (Butler); Nekrutenko, 1984; Bridges, 1994: IX.60; Bálint, 1999: 24.
Chilades contracta (Butler); Bálint & Johnson, 1997.
Luthrodes contracta (Butler); Talavera et al, 2013: 188.

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