Tapena vasava 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: Tagiadinae
Tribus: Tagiadini
Genus: Tapena
Subgenus: Tapena (Ctenoptilum)
Species: Tapena vasava
Subspecies: Tapena vasava vasava

Name

Tapena vasava vasava (Moore, 1865).

Type locality: India, Darjeeling.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Achylodes vasava Moore, 1865: 786. (original combination)
• Ctenoptilum vasava de Nicéville}}, 1890 (original combination)
• Tapena (Ctenoptilum) vasava (Moore): Zhang et al., 2022: 26

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tawny Angle