Taractrocera

Taractrocera ceramas

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Taractrocerini
Genus: Taractrocera
Species: T. anisomorpha – T. archias – T. ardonia – T. ceramas – T. danna – T. dolon – T. flavoides – T. ilia – T. ina – T. luzonensis – T. maevius – T. nigrolimbata – T. papyria

Name

Taractrocera Butler, 1869: 279.

Type Species: Hesperia maevius Fabricius, 1793: 352.

Synonyms

• Bibla Mabille, 1903: 122. Type species: papyria Boisduval, by monotypy. Synonymy in Evans, 1949: 357.

References

• Butler, A.G., 1869. Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum. London. 303pp, Pls.1-3. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. BHL Reference page. 
• Jong, de R., 1991. A note on three species of Taractrocera Butler (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 65 (19): 257–265. Reference page. 
• Jong, de R., 2004. Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Taractrocera Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), an example of Southeast Asian-Australian interchange. Zoologische Mededelingen 78(18-28): 383–415. Reference page. 
• de Jong, R. 2008. Notes on some skippers of the Taractrocera-group (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) from New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen 82(10): 1-16; 73–80.Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P. 1903-1904. Genera Insectorum - Fam. Hesperiidae Fascicule 17: 210pp, 4 pls.; P. Wytsman, Brussels. Reference page. 

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