Chilades parrhasius

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Chilades
Species: Chilades parrhasius
Subspecies: C. p. minuta –C. p. nila –C. p. parrhasius

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

Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793).

Type locality: India: “Habitat in India”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

Hesperia parrhasius Fabricius, 1793: 289.
Papilio parrhasius (Fabricius); Donovan, 1800: pl.42, fig.5.
Lycaena parrhasius (Fabricius); Horsfield, 1829: 86.
Lampides parrhasius (Fabricius); Butler, [1870]: 165.
Cupido parrhasius (Fabricius); Snellen, 1878: 19.
Everes parrhasius (Fabricius); Moore, 1882: 85, pl.36, fig.7; de Nicéville, 1882: 62.
Euchrysops contracta nila Evans, 1925: 339. Sri Lanka.
Euchrysops pandava minuta Evans, 1932: 235. Peshawar.
Freyeria parrhasius (Fabricius); Ackery et al., 1995.
Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius); Hesselbarth et al., 1995.

References

Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page.
Butler, A. G., [1870]. Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the collection of the British Museum. (1869). v + 303 pp., 3 pls. London. BHL, plates. Reference page.
Donovan, E., 1800-1804. An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India, and of the islands in the Indian seas. Lepidoptera, plates 15-51. T. Bensley, London. BHL. Reference page.
Evans, W.H., (1925). The identification of Indian butterflies, Pt.7. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 30(2): 322–351, 2 pls. BHL. Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies, Edn.2 revised, 454pp., 32 pls. Madras. 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.
Hesselbarth, G., van Oorschot, H. & Wagener, S. 1995. Die Tagfalter der Türkei unter Berücksichtigung der angrenzenden Länder. Allgemeiner Teil, spezieller Teil. Band 1. Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae. Selbstverlag Sigbert Wagener, Hemdener Weg 19, D 46399 Bocholt, Germany: 1–754. Reference page.
Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page.
Moore, F. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. Reference page.
de Nicéville, L., 1882. Second list of butterflies taken in Sikkim in October 1882, with notes on habits. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal Pt II, 51(2/3): 54-66. BHL. Reference page.
Snellen, P. C. T. 1877. In Piepers & Snellen, 1877, Opgave van en Aanteekeningen over Lepidoptera in Zud-West Celebes Verzameld.Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 21(1877-1878): 1-43, 2 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page.

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