Catapaecilma major

Catapaecilma major subspecies: C.m.major, ♀, Nepal; C.m.albicans, ♂, Thailand; C.m.sedina, ♂, Brunei.

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: Catapaecilmatini
Genus: Catapaecilma
Species: Catapaecilma major
Subspecies: C. m. albicans – C. m. callone – C. m. emas – C. m. moltrechti – C. m. major – C. m. myosotina – C. m. sedina – C. m. sophonias

Name

Catapaecilma major (Druce, 1895).

Type locality: India, Sikkim.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Catapœcilma major [sic] Druce, 1895: 612.
• Catapoecilma elegans major Druce; Fruhstorfer, 1912: [ttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9209910 234].
• Catapoecilma major [sic] (Druce); Fruhstorfer, 1915: 220.
• Catapoecilma ajor anais [sic] Fruhstorfer, 1915: 221, India, Assam.
• Catapoecilma elegans major [sic] Fruh. [sic]; Evans, 1927: 188.
• Catapaecilma major Druce; D'Abrera, 1986: 588; Seki et al, 1991: 73, L266; Eliot, 1992: 295, 421, pl.45 figs 5-7, genit. 272.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. 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. 
• Evans, W.H. 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. Text, plates. 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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1915. Das mannliche copulationsorgane als hilfsmittel zum artnachweis in der gattung Catapoecilma Butl. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 11(7/8): 220-222, 2 figs. BHL, figs. Reference page. 
• Seki, Y. & Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo. Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

বাংলা: ঝালর
English: common tinsel