Rapala nissa ranta

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 nissa
Subspecies: Rapala nissa ranta

Rapala nissa ranta Swinhoe, 1897.

Type locality: India, Assam.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Rapala nissa ranta Swinhoe, 1897: 409; Pinratana, 1981: 151, pl. 28, fig. 4, pl. 32, figs 20, 21, pl. 33, figs 12, 13; Huang, 2001: 81, figs 28, 55, 59, pl. 9, fig. 76; Yutaka, consulted 27.vi.2012.
Rapala nissa tacola Fruhstorfer, [1914]: 178. Synonymised by Huang, 2001: 81.
Rapala nissa ranta var. bifida Cantlie, 1959: 652.

Cantlie, K., 1959. A New Variety of Rapala nissa ranta. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56(3): 652. Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., [1914]. Neue Lycaeniden. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 27(4): 172–178. BHL. Reference page.
Huang, H., 2001. Report of H. Huang's 2000 expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera (Insecta, Lepidoptera). – Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 65–151, 121 figs., 9 pls.; Marktleuthen.
Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.
Swinhoe, C., 1897. New eastern lepidoptera. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 6 19 (112): 407-410.
Yutaka, I. & Saito, K., A Checklist of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam.