Matapa sasivarna

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Matapa sasivarna (Moore, [1866])

Type locality: Bengal. (Distribution: This species is found in India and was recorded from the Lower Western Himalaya. per Kumar et al., 2018.)

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Ismene sasivarna Moore, [1866]
Metapa [sic] pseudosasivarna C.L. Lee, 1962 (synonymized by X.-L. Fan et al., 2013: 1258)
Matapa pseudosasivarna C.L. Lee, 1962 (synonymized by X.-L. Fan et al., 2013: 1258). Type locality: China, Yunnan. HT male ♂. 4.IV.1957, IZAS.
Matapa cresta M-B. Gu & P.Z. Chen, 1998 misidentification.

Fan, X.L., Chiba, H. & Wang, M., 2013: The Genus Matapa (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) from China with Description of a New Species. The Florida Entomologist 96(4): 1257–1262. PDF Reference page.
Gu, M.B. & Chen, P.Z. 1998. Butterflies of Hainan Island. China Forestry Publishing House. Beijing, China. 1–355. Reference page.
de Jong, R. 1983. Revision of the Oriental genus Matapa (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) with discussion of its phylogeny and geographic History. Zoologische Mededelingen 57(21): 243–270. PDF Reference page.
Lee, C.L. 1962. Some new species of Rhopalocera from China. II. Acta entomologica sinica 11(2): 139–148. PDF Reference page.
Kumar, S., Singh, P. & Joshi, K. 2018. Range Extension of Matapa sasivarna [Moore (1866)] Black-veined Branded Redeye to Western Himalaya. Indian Forester 144(10): 1010–1012. Online. Reference page.