Rapala

Rapala varuna saha, ♂, Brunei.

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: R. aquamarina – R. arata – R. arbaimuni – R. bomiensis – R. caerulea – R. caerulescens – R. cassidyi – R. catena – R. christopheri – R. cowani – R. cyrhestica – R. damona – R. dieneces – R. dioetas – R. diopites – R. domitia – R. duma – R. elcia – R. enipeus – R. extensa – R. hades – R. hinomaru – R. iarbus – R. lankana – R. manea – R. masara – R. melida – R. micans – R. mikaae – R. nemorensis – R. nissa – R. persephone – R. pheretima – R. rectivitta – R. repercussa – R. rhoda – R. rhodopis – R. rhoecus – R. ribbei – R. rosacea – R. rubida – R. scintilla – R. selira – R. suffusa – R. takasagonis – R. tara – R. tomokoae – R. varuna – R. zamona

Name

Rapala Moore, 1881.

Type Species: Thecla varuna Horsfield, [1829]: 91, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Hysudra Moore, 1881
• Baspa Moore, 1882
• Bidapsa Moore, 1882
• Nadisepa Moore, 1882
• Vadebra Moore, [1884]. Preoccupied by Vadebra Moore, 1883, Lepidoptera, Danaiidae. TS Deudorix petosiris Hewitson, [1863].
• Atara Zhdanko, 1996

References

• Corbet, A. S., 1939. A revision of the Malayan species of Rapala Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)8(6): 103–112, fig. 1-20a. Reference page. 
• Corbet, A. S., 1940. The identity of the Fabrician species Papilio sphinx and Papilio hylax. Entomologist 73: 275. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. BHL Reference page. 
• Hayashi, H., Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C. G., 1978. New species of Rapala and Sinthusa from Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyô-to-Ga 29(5): 215-219. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page. 
• Khanh, H., 2011. A new species of the genus Rapala Moore, (1881) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Vietnam. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (58): 14–16.
• Lee, C.-L., 1979: Some new species of Rhopalocera in China. V. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 4 (1): 35–38.
• Matsumura, S., 1926. Some new and unrecorded Lycaenids-Species from Japan, Girca and Formosa. Insecta Matsumurana 1(1): 23-31, pl 2. web. 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., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521-535, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• Lane, D.A. & Müller, C.J., 2006. New species and subspecies of Rapala Moore and Deudorix Hewitson (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from East Timor. Australian Entomologist 33(2): 93–102. Reference page. 
• Murayama, S. & Okamura, H., 1973. Butterflies of Luzon island in the Philippines, with descriptions of new species and sub-species. Tyô to Ga 24(1): 10-25, 48 figs. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Robbins, R. K. & Lamas, G. 2002. Nomenclatural Changes in the Neotropical Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae) Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 19 (Supl. 1): 197–214. PDF. Reference page. 
• Saito, K., 2011. A new species of the genus Rapala Moore, [1881], (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), from Vietnam. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 58: 14–16. Reference page. 
• Shinkai, A. & S. Morita, 1997. A new species of genus Rapala Moore, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Tibet. Wallace 3: 37–40. Reference page. 
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80. PDF. Reference page. 
• Takanami, Y., 1992. A new species of genus Rapala (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Sumba, Indonesia. Tyô to Ga 43(2): 147-148. PDF. Reference page. 
• Takanami, Y., 1992. Notes on some species of the genus Rapala (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Sulawesi, with the description of a new species. Tyô to Ga 43(3): 193-202. PDF. Reference page. 
• Takanami, Y., 1998. Genus Rapala (Lycaenidae) of the Southeast Asian Islands. (in Japanese) Butterflies 19: 41-57, 6 plates. Reference page. 
• Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 3–267, figs 1–14, pls 1–16. Online. Reference page. 
• Hayashi, H., 1984. New synonyms, new status, new combinations, new species and new subspecies of butterflies from the Philippines and Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Satyridae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae). IWASE 2: 9–20, ill. Reference page. 
• Treadaway, C.G. & Schröder, H.G. 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 32 (Suppl. 20): 64pp. Reference page. 
• Zhdanko, A.B. 1996. New genera and species of blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Asia. Selevinia 1994(2): 94–95. Reference page. 

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