Charana mandarinus

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Charana
Species: Charana mandarinus
Subspecies: C. m. mandarinus – C. m. splendida

Charana mandarinus ♂, ♀, India, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel, Alan Cassidy photo.

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

Name

Charana mandarinus (Hewitson, 1863).

Type locality: N. India, Sylhet.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonyms

• Myrina mandarinus Hewitson, 1863: 28, pl. 11, figs 6, 7 ♀.
• Charana mandarinus (Hewitson); de Nicéville, 1890: 401, pl. 28, fig. 222 ♂; Fruhstorfer, [1914]: 173; Evans, 1927: 184; Smith, 1993: 47, pl. 22A, figs 9, 10.
• Charana mandarina (Hewitson); Pinratana, 1981: 136, pl. 24, fig. 2; D'Abrera, 1986: 607; Seki et al, 1991: 91, pl. 62 L331; Eliot, 1992: 317, 424, pl. 48, figs 17, 18, fig. 312 (genit.).

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• Evans, W. H., 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, edn 1. xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras.
• Fruhstorfer, H., [1914]. Neue Lycaeniden. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 27(4): 172-178.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. Text Plates.
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
• Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
• Smith, C., 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, 128pp. Rohit Kumar, Lashkar (Gwalior).

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