Rapala dieneces

Rapala dieneces, ♂, ♀, from original description.

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 dieneces
Subspecies: R. d. dazata – R. d. dieneces – R. d. intermedius – R. d. mezetulus – R. d. paradoxa

Name

Rapala dieneces (Hewitson, 1878).

Type locality: Singapore.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH, by inference of Eliot, 1969: 277.

Synonymy

• Deudorix xenophon Distant (nec Fabricius [Hesperia xenophon]), 1886: 465, pl. 44, fig. 1 ♀.
• Thecla xenophon (Fabricius); Horsfield, 1829: 94, No. 27.
• Deudorix dieneces Hewitson, 1878: Suppl. p. 31, pl. Va, figs 65, 67 (♂), 66 (♀).
• Deudorix xonophou [sic] (Fabricius); Kirby, 1871: 416.
• Rapala xenophon (Distant); H. H. Druce, 1895: 623.
• Rapala drasmos H. H. Druce, 1895: 624, pl. 34, fig. 13 (♀); Holotype ♀ MNHU, Labuan, synonymised by Eliot, 1969: 277.
• Rapala drasmos Druce; Corbet, 1939: 109.
• Rapala dieneces dieneces (Hewitson); Corbet, 1939: 109; Eliot, 1992: 328, 425, pl. 50, figs 33-35.
• Rapala dieneces aurelia Fruhstorfer, 1912; Yutaka, consulted 16/10/2012.

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. 
• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895(3): 556-627, 4 pls. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1969. More revisional notes on oriental butterflies. Entomologist 102: 269–278, 8 figs., 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page. 
• Riley, N. D., [1945]. Spolia Mentawiensia, Rhopalocera; Lycaenidae and Riodinidae. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 94(2): 247–271, 2pls.
• 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].
• Yutaka, I. & Saito, K., A Checklist of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam.

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