Burara vasutana

Burara vasutana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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: Coeliadinae
Genus: Burara
Species: Burara vasutana

Name

Burara vasutana (Moore, [1866]).

Type locality: India, West Bengal, Darjeeling.

Typus: Syntype [?] ♂, ♀ BMNH-H2392 (79.64). "Moore Type!" (as holotype in Chiba, 2009, but Moore, 1866 indicates at least two specimens).

Synonymy

• Ismene vasutana Moore, [1858]: 247 (in Horsfield & Moore, 1857/1858). Nomen nudum.
• Ismene vasutana Moore, 1866 ["1865"]: 782 Protonym. Elwes & Edwards, 1897: 294; Fruhstorfer, 1911: 62.
• Ismene vasutana vasutana Moore, 1866 in Fruhstorfer, 1911: 62.
• Ismene vasutana rahita Fruhstorfer, 1911: 62. Junior subjective synonym of Ismene vasutana Moore, 1866 in Moore, 1912: 234.
  • Type locality: India, Assam, Khasi Hills.
    • Typus: Syntypes 3 ♂, ♀. Lectotype? BMNH-H2393, ex. coll. H. Fruhstorfer.
• Choaspes vasutana (Moore, 1866); Elwes, 1888: 440 Comb. nov.; Watson, 1891: 8; Elwes, [1893]: 646.
• Bibasis vasutana (Moore, 1866); Evans, 1949: 49. [see also 45], pl.12 Comb. nov.; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2003: 41.
• Burara vasutana (Moore, 1866); Swinhoe, 1893: 329. Comb. nov.; (Swinhoe in) Moore, 1912: 234, Pl. 748, figs. 1,1a,1b; Bridges, 1994: IX.9; Osada et al. 1999: Pl.130; Chiba, 2009: 13.
• Burara vasutana burma Evans, 1934: 33. Junior subjective synonym of Burara vasutana (Moore, 1866) in Bridges, 1994: IX.9.
  • Type locality: Myanmar, Kayah State, Karen Hills "Burma, Karens".
    • Typus: Holotype [?] BMNH-H2393/B.M. 1932-274.
• Bibasis unipuncta Lee, 1962: 141, 146, pl.3, figs. 23, 26. Junior subjective synonym of Burara vasutana (Moore, 1866) in Chiba, 2009: 13.
  • Type locality: China, Yunnan.
    • Typus: Holotype ♂, 25.V-22.VII.1956. Paratype ♂, Repository unknown per Chiba, 2009 but possibly IZAS.

References

Primary references

• Chiba, H. 2009. A revision of the subfamily Coeliadinae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A 7: 1–102. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL 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. BHL plates. Reference page. 
• Elwes, H.J. [1893]. On butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak (part ii). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 617–664, pls 43, 44. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Elwes, H.J. & Edwards, J. 1897. A revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 14(4): 101–324 BHL pls 18–27. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1934. Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: descriptions of new genera, species and subspecies (1-5). The Entomologist 67(2): (1) 33-36; (3) 61-65; (7) 141-151; (8) 181-184; (9) 206-209; (10) 231-234. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 25 (2): 9–24; (3): 25–40; (4): 41–56; (5): 57–72; (6): 73–79, pl.1. Reference page. 
• Lee, C.L. 1962. Some new species of Rhopalocera from China. II. Acta entomologica sinica 11(2): 139–148. PDF Reference page. 
• Moore, F., [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company 1. London. i-v, 1-14, 17-278, i-iv, 1-12, plates 1a-6a. 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. 
• Moore, F. 1912–1913. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 10. Rhopalocera: Hesperiidae (concluded). 364pp., pls 757–835. Reference page. 
• Swinhoe, C. 1893. A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasia Hills. Part I. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 41(3): 267–330. BHL. Reference page. 
• Watson, E.Y. 1891. Hesperiidae Indicae. Descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma and Ceylon. Vest & Co. Madras. x+161pp. BHL. Reference page. 

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