Choaspes benjaminii

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Coeliadinae
Genus: Choaspes
Species: Choaspes benjaminii
Subspecies: C. b. benjaminii –C. b. flavens –C. b. formosana –C. b. japonica –C. b. pallida

Name

Choaspes benjaminii Guérin, 1843.

Type Locality: N. India, Nilghiri Hills ("les Neelgeheries").

Holotype: male, repository tbc.

Synonymy

• Hesperia (Thymele) benjaminii Guérin, 1843: 79, Pl.22 Figs 2,2a.
• Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin); Moore, [1881]: 158.
• Rhopalocampta benjamini [sic] (Guérin); Moore, 1911: Pl.749, Figs 3a-c; Seitz, 1912: 241; 1927: Pl.749 figs 3,3a,3b,3c.
• Choaspes benjaminii benjaminii (Guérin); Evans, 1949: 74; Bridges, 1994: VIII.29, IX.16.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page. 
• Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1843. Animaux articulés II. In Delessert, Alphonse, Souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'Inde exécuté de 1834 à 1839. Part II. Histoire Naturelle. pp. i + 1–107, pls 11–27. Fortin, Mason & Cie, Langlois & Leclerq éditeurs, Paris. 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. 
• Moore, F., 1911–1912. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 9. Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae. 278pp, pls 706-756. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1912. Die Eulenartige Nachtfalter. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Indo-australischen Faunengebietes. 11: 496pp, 54pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page. 

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