Tapena vasava

3,3b: C. v. vasava; 3a,3c: C. v. chinensis in Moore Lep. Ind. 1912

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Tagiadinae
Tribus: Tagiadini
Genus: Tapena
Subgenus: Tapena (Ctenoptilum)
Species: Tapena vasava
Subspecies: T. v. chinensis –T. v. vasava

Name

Tapena (Ctenoptilum) vasava (Moore, 1865).

Type locality: India, Darjeeling.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Achylodes vasava Moore, 1865: 786.
• Ctenoptilum vasava [Moore]; de Nicéville, 1890: 221.
• Ctenoptilum vasava vasava [Moore]; Evans 1949: 157
• Tapena (Ctenoptilum) vasava (Moore): Zhang et al., 2022: 26

References

• Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1866 ["1865"]. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 33(1): 755–823. BHL Pls. XLI–XLIII. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. PDF. Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

• English: Tawny Angle