Neopithecops zalmora

Neopithecops zalmora zalmora <♂ Thailand : ♀ Nepal>

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Neopithecops
Species: Neopithecops zalmora
Subspecies: (5)
N. z. andamanus – N. z. dharma – N. z. indigeta – N. z. pertimidus – N. z. zalmora

Name

Neopithecops zalmora (Butler, 1870).

Type locality: Burma.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH: "Type/Moulmein 43.43/ Neopithecops zalmora Type ♀ Butler".

Synonymy

• [Pithecops hylax (Horsfield); Doubleday, 1844: 57. Misidentification.]
• Pithecops zalmora Butler, 1870: 161.
• Pithecops nihana Moore, 1878: 702, ♂ Hainan; Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 43.
• [Parapithecops gaura Moore, 1884: 20 (partim).]
• Neopithecops horsfieldi Distant, [1884]: 210, pl. 22, fig. 15, ♂ Singapore. Synonymised by de Nicéville, 1890: 53.
• Pithecops zalmora dolona Fruhstorfer, 1919: 83, ♂ Hong Kong; Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 43.
• Pithecops zalmora fedora Fruhstorfer, 1919: 83, ♂ Taiwan; Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 43.
• Pithecops zalmora colutha Fruhstorfer, 1919: 84, ♂ Philippines; Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 43.
• Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora fedora Fruhstorfer; Fruhstorfer, 1922.
• Neopithecops zalmora batuana Riley, [1945]: 256, ♂ Batu Is.; Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 43.
• Neopithecops zalmora zalmora (Butler); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 43, figs 16a, 17.

References

• Butler, A. G., [1870]. Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the collection of the British Museum. (1869). v + 303 pp., 3 pls. London. BHL, plates. Reference page. 
• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 83 (A) (1): 77-84. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1878. List of Lepidopterous insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878(3): 695-708. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• Riley, N.D., [1945]. Spolia Mentawiensia, Rhopalocera; Lycaenidae and Riodinidae. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 94(2): 247-271, 2pls. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

বাংলা: কড়ি (প্রজাপতি)
English: Quaker