Sithon nedymond

Sithon nedymond, ♂, as Papilio nedymond from original description.

Sithon nedymond, ♀, as Thecla chitra Horsfield, 1829, from original description.

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: Sithon
Species: Sithon nedymond
Subspecies: S. n. ismarus – S. n. klossi – S. n. mastanabal – S. n. nedymond

Name

Sithon nedymond (Stoll, [1780])

Type locality: West Malaysia.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Papilio nedymond Stoll, [1780]: 19, pl. 299, figs E, F.
• Thecla nedymond (Cramer [sic], [1780]); Horsfield, 1829: 96.
• Thecla chitra Horsfield, 1829: 97, pl. 1, fig. 5.
• Myrina nedymond (Cramer [sic], [1780]); Hewitson, 1863: 37.
• Sithon nedymond (Cramer [sic], [1780]); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 225.
• Sithon nedymond megabates Fruhstorfer, [1912]: 226.
• Sithon nedymond anaximander Fruhstorfer, [1912]: 226.
• Sithon nedymond megabetes [sic] Fruhstorfer; d'Abrera, 1986,: 632.
• Sithon nedymond nedymond (Cramer [sic], [1780]); Eliot, 1992: 329, 426, pl. 51, figs 27-29.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. 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. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. 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. 
• Stoll, C. 1780–1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht. Part 4 + Suppl. Pt.4 [1780]: 29–90, pls 305–336; [1781]: 91–164, pls 337–372; [1782]: 165–252, pls 373–400; Suppl [1787]: 1–42, pls 1–8; [1790]: 43–184, pls 9–42. Reference page. 

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