Rapala pheretima

Rapala pheretima pheretima, ♂, Brunei, 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 pheretima
Subspecies: R. p. petosiris – R. p. pheretima – R. p. sakaia – R. p. sequeira – R. p. tiomana

Name

Rapala pheretima (Hewitson, 1863)

Type locality: Borneo, Sarawak.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, (A. R. Wallace).

Synonymy

• Deudorix pheretima Hewitson, 1863: 21, pl. 9, fig. 27-29.
• Rapala pheritima [sic] (Hewitson); Fruhstorfer, [1912]: 263, mis-spelling.
• Rapala utimutis guevara Fruhstorfer, 1912: 263, N. Borneo.
• Rapala pheretima (Hewitson); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 363; Lewis, 1974: 180, fig. 33; Seki et al, 1991: 97, pl. 65, L348.
• Rapala pheretima guevara Fruhstorfer; D'Abrera, 1986: 624.
• Rapala quevara [sic] Fruhstorfer; Bridges, 1994: VIII.394, mis-spelling.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Bridges, C. A., 1994. Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bridges, Urbana, Illinois.
• 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.
• Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.
• Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

Vernacular names

বাংলা: তামা রিমলি
English: copper flash

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