Pelopidas assamensis

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: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Baorini
Genus: Pelopidas
Species: Pelopidas assamensis

Name

Pelopidas assamensis de Nicéville, 1882.

Type Locality: Assam; "Gori and Káli valleys, 2,000-4,000ft".

Holotype: tbc.

Parnara assamensis de Nicéville, 1882: 65; 1886: 382, Pl.17 figs 7,7a ♀, Pl.18 figs 5,5a ♂]; Doherty, 1886: 139; Watson, 1891: 31.
Hesperia alice Plötz, 1883: 45. "Mergui, Philippinen. Museum Berol". Synonymy in Evans, 1949: 443.
Baoris assamensis Wood-Mason, de Nicéville; Watson, 1893: 106.
Caltoris assamensis (de Nicéville); Swinhoe, 1893: 323.
Baoris (Parnara) assamensis de Nicéville, 1894: 183.
Pelopidas assamensis (de Nicéville); Evans, 1949: 443; Bridges, 1994: IX.47.

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de Nicéville, L., 1882. Second list of butterflies taken in Sikkim in October 1882, with notes on habits. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal Pt II, 51(2/3): 54-66. BHL. Reference page.
Doherty, W., 1886. A list of butterflies taken in Kumaon. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 55(2): 103–140. BHL. 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.
Moore, F. 1912–1913. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 10. Rhopalocera: Hesperiidae (concluded). 364pp., pls 757–835. Reference page.
Plötz, C. 1882–83. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. Entomologische Zeitung 1882: 43: 314–344, 436-456; 1883: 44: 26–64, 44: 195–233. Reference page.
Swinhoe, C. 1893. A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasia Hills. Part I. Trans. ent. Soc Lond. 41(3): 267–330. BHL. Reference page.
Watson, E.Y. 1893. A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893(1): 3–132, 3 pls. Reference page.
Wood-Mason, J. & de Nicéville, L. [1887]. List of the lepidopterous insects collected in Cachar by Mr. J. Wood-Mason, part ii – Rhopalocera. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 55: 343–392, pls 15–18. Reference page.

English: Great Swift