Ctenoptilum vasava

3,3b: C. v. vasava; 3a,3c: C. v. chinensis in Moore Lep. Ind. 1912

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Pyrgini
Genus: Ctenoptilum
Species: Ctenoptilum vasava
Subspecies: C. v. chinensis –C. v. vasava

Name

Ctenoptilum vasava Moore, 1865.

Type locality: India, Darjeeling.

Holotype: BMNH

Synonymy

• Achylodes vasava Moore, 1865: 786.
• Antigonus vasava (Moore); Butler, 1880: 152; Elwes, 1888: 458.
• Abaratha vasava (Moore); Watson, 1888: 27.
• Ctenoptilum vasava (Moore); Moore, 1912: 84, pl.777 Figs 3,3a,3b,3c.
• Ctenoptilum vasava vasava (Moore); Evans, 1949: 157; Bridges, 1994: IX.19.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Butler, A.G., 1880. On new and little-known Butterflies from India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 147-152, pl.15. 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. 
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1865. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 33(1): 755–823, Pls. XLI–XLIII. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1912–1913. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 10. Rhopalocera: Hesperiidae (concluded). 364pp., pls 757–835. Reference page. 
• Watson, E.Y. 1888. Notes on a Collection of Butterflies made in Burmah between September 1885 and December 1886. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Vol. III: 17–28. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

বাংলা: কাঠ কিচক
English: Tawny Angle