Rapala diopites alcetina

Rapala diopites alcetina, ♂, Philippines, Marinduque, 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 diopites
Subspecies: Rapala diopites alcetina

Name

Rapala diopites alcetina (Semper, 1890).

Type locality: Philippines, Mindanao.

Lectotype: ♂ MNHU, "Origin. (p)/var. alcetina Typ. (h) [by Semper]/Alcetina Semp. (h)/Mindanao Davao or 1889. Platen. (p)/Lectotype (p) Rapala alcetas v alcetina Semper, 1890 Takanami, 1990(h)". Designated by Takanami, 1992: 41.

Synonyms

• Rapala alcetas Semper, 1889: 225, pl. 33, figs 23 ♂, 24 ♀.
• Rapala alcetas var alcetina Semper, 1890: 225. Syntypes 10 ♂♀, Bohol, Camiguin de Mindanao, south-east Mindanao.
• Rapala alcetas bandatara Fruhstorfer, [1912]: 255. Lectotype ♂ BMNH, Basilan, designated and synonymised by Takanami, 1986: 187; Seitz, 1926: 1005, pl. 160, figs c6 ♂, c7 ♀.
• Rapala alcetas alcetas (Staudinger); Seitz, 1926: 1005.
• Rapala manea bandatara Fruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939: 111.
• Rapala alcetas alcetina Semper; Tite, 1969: 56, Bohol, Mindanao.
• Rapala tara ashinensis Murayama & Okamura, 1973: 16, figs 20-21 ♂, 22-23 ♀. Holotype ♂ (Okamura coll.), Ashin [Asin Hot Springs, central-west Luzon]. Synonymised by Kawazoe, 1973 as Rapala alcetas (Staudinger).
• Rapala alcetas (Staudinger); Kawazoe, 1973: 91.
• Rapala diopetes [sic] alcetina Semper; D'Abrera, 1986: 629.
• Rapala diopites alcetina Semper; Takanami, 1986: 186; Treadaway & Schröder, 2012: 44.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Kawazoé, A. 1973. A revisional note on some Philippine Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae reported by Murayama and Okamura. Tyô-to-Ga 24(4): 91–98. Abstract and full article (PDF) 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. 
• Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.
• Semper, G., 1886-1892. Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln, I. Tagfalter. 380 + 14 pp., 49 + 2 pls. Wiesbaden.
• Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.
• Takanami, Y., 1986. Desgnation of Lectotype of Deudorix diopites Hewitson from the Philippines, with new status of Rapala alcetas (Staudinger) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô-to-Ga. 36 (4): 185–189.
• Takanami, Y., 1992. An additional catalogue on type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia, preserved in Humboldt Musem Berlin Tyô to Ga 43(1):35-46.
• Tite, G. E., 1969. Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the Noona Dan expedition to the Philippines, Bismarcks and Solomons. Ent. Medd. 37: 47–69.
• Treadaway, C. G. & Schröder, H., 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nach. ent. Ver. Apollo 32 Suppl. 20, 64pp.