Sinthusa malika

Sinthusa malika, as Dipsas malika in Moore & Horsfield, [1858].

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: Sinthusa
Species: Sinthusa malika
Subspecies:
S. m. amata – S. m. malika – S. m. niasicola – S. m. valdarna

Name

Sinthusa malika (Horsfield, [1829]).

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: ♂, BMNH.

Synonymy

• Thecla malika Horsfield, [1829]: 90; de Nicéville, [1884]: 78.
• Dipsas malika (Horsfield); Westwood, [1851]: 480; Moore & Horsfield, [1858]: 37, pl.1a, fig.5.
• Sinthusa malika (Horsfield); de Nicéville, 1894: 43, pl.5,figs 6♀,18♂; Fruhstorfer, 1912: 229.
• Deudorix malika (Horsfield); Piepers & Snellen, 1918: 83.
• Sinthusa malika volsa Fruhstorfer, 1912: 229. Synonymised by Piepers & Snellen, 1918: 83.
• Sinthusa malika malika (Horsfield); D'Abrera, 1986: 633; Eliot, 1992: 425.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. 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. 
• Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T. [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company Vol. 1 i–v, 1–14, 17–278, i–iv, 1–11; pls 1–12, 1a–6a. London. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1894. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Asiatic. Soc. Beng. 63: 1–58, 5 pls. Reference page. 
• Piepers, M. C. and Snellen, P. C. T., 1918. The Rhopalocera of Java 4. (Erycinidae: Lycaenidae), xlv + 112 pp., pls 19-27. The Hague. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page. 

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