Rapala lankana

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 lankana

Name

Rapala lankana (Moore, 1879).

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH, Galle, Koyyawah Forest, (Wade coll.).

Synonymy

• Deudorix lankana Moore, 1879: 141.
• Rapala lankana (Moore); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 362; D'Abrera, 1986: 628.

References

• Moore, F., 1879. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 136–144. BHL. Reference page. 
• Woodhouse, L.G.O., 1952. The butterfly fauna of Ceylon Edn. 2. 32 + 231pp., 1 map, 1 + 55 pls. Colombo.
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region Scholarly Publications, 523pp, (1982 Reprint).