Rapala dioetas

Rapala dioetas, ♂, ♀, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel, Alan Cassidy photo.

Rapala dioetas, ♂, C. Sulawesi, Alan Cassidy photo.

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: Rapala dioetas

Name

Rapala dioetas (Hewitson, 1863).

Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi, Macassar.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH, for Hewitson's specimen fig. 14, designated by Takanami, 1989: 72.

Synonymy

• Deudorix dioetas Hewitson, [1863]: 21, pl. 7, fig. 14 (♂), nec figs 13, 15 (♀ ?=ribbei).
• Deudorix affinis Röber, 1886: 69, pl. 5, fig. 10 (♀), nec figs 8 (♀ ?=ribbei), 13 (♂ ?=enipeus). Lectotype ♂ SMT, Bonthain, S. Sulawesi, designated by Takanami, 1989: 72.
• Rapala dioetas (Hewitson); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 262. Partim; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 136.
• Rapala zylda Seitz, [1922]: 160, figs i6, i7. Syntype ♀ BMNH, "Insula Lutungan, xii.1895, H. Fruhstorfer." Synonymised by Takanami, 1992: 194.
• Rapala bangkaiensis Ribbe, 1926: 82. Lectotype ♂ SMT, "Bangkei, H. Kühn 1885/Coll. C. Ribbe Gesch.: Leo Lewin 1913-N.1/Staatl. Museum für Tierkunde Dresden". Synonymised by Takanami, 1992: 194.
• Rapala dioetas noachis Seitz, 1927: 1002, pl. 160, fig. i5 (♂). Syntype ♂ not located, Saleyer [Salayar] I. Synonymised by Takanami, 1992: 194.
• Rapala dioetas dioetas (Hewitson); Takanami, 1989: 72.

References

• Fruhstorfer, H., 1912. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4): 197-272, 4 Figs.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. Text Plates.
• Ribbe, C., 1926. Neue Lycaenenformen hauptsächlich von Celebes. Ent. Mitt. 15: 78–91.
• Röber, J., 1886. Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Austalischen Fauna. Dt. Ent. Z. Iris. 1(1):45-72, 4 pls.
• Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23–80. Abstract and full article: [1].
• 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. Abstract and full article: [2]
• Vane-Wright, R. I. & de Jong, R., 2003. The Butterflies of Sulawesi, NMNH, Leiden.

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