Amblypodia anita

Amblypodia anita from original description.

Amblypodia anita anita, <♂:♀>, Thailand, 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
Tribus: Amblypodiini
Genus: Amblypodia
Species: Amblypodia anita
Subspecies: A. a. andamanica – A. a. anita – A. a. gigantea – A. a. hainana – A. a. naradoides – A. a. orla – A. a. parva

Name

Amblypodia anita Hewitson, 1862.

Type locality: Thailand.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia anita Hewitson, 1862: 14, pl.8 figs 90-91; Butler, 1883: 147; Elwes, 1888: 403; de Nicéville, 1890: 211, pl.27 fig.191 ♀; Druce, 1895: 587; Pinratana, 1981: 111, pl. 19, fig.15; Eliot, 1992: 294, pl. 44, figs 12, 13, genit. 267.
• Amblypodia darana Moore, 1879: 141, Sri Lanka.
• Amblypodia arracana Grose-Smith, 1887: 268, N.E. India, Arracan Hills.
• Amblypodia narada dina Fruhstorfer, 1907: 150; synonymised by Riley, 1922: 27.
• Horsfieldia anita (Hewitson); Riley, 1922: 26.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17(1): 3–164, 5 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., 1883. On a collection of Lepidoptera received from Lt. Col. Charles Swinhoe… Proc. zool. Soc. London 1883(2): 144-175, pl.24. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895(3): 556-627, 4 pls. 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. 
• Elwes, H.J. 1888. A catalogue of the lepidoptera of Sikkim. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 36(3): 269–465, pls 8–11. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Grose-Smith, H., 1887. Descriptions of eight new species of Asiatic butterflies. Annals and Magazine of natural History (5)20: 265–268. BHL Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1879. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 136–144. BHL. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok. Reference page. 
• Riley, N.D., 1922. The genus Amblypodia auctorum (de Nicéville, Moore, Swinhoe, etc), nec Horsfield. Entomologist 55: 25-29, 51-53. BHL1, BHL2. Reference page. 

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