Horaga amethysta

Horaga amethysta amethysta, <♂:♀>, N. Borneo, from original description.

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: Horagini
Genus: Horaga
Species: Horaga amethysta
Subspecies: H. a. amethysta – H. a. ciniata – H. a. isna – H. a. overdijkinki – H. a. purpurescens – H. a. sibutuensis

Name

Horaga amethysta Druce, 1902.

Type locality: N. Borneo.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Horaga amethystus Druce, [1903]: 118, pl.11, figs 4,5; Eliot, 1992: 423.
• Horaga amethysta Druce; Cowan, 1966: 130, pl.1, fig 13; pl.3, fig.22; D'Abrera, 1986: 595; Seki et al, 1991: 78, pl. 50 L284.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Cowan C. F., 1966. Indo-oriental Horagini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 18(4): 105–141, 3 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1902. On some new and little-known butterflies of the family Lycaenidae from the African, Australian and Oriental Regions. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2): 112–121, pls. 11,12. text, plates. 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. 
• Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C. G. 1990. Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 7. (Lepidoptera). Entomologische Zeitschrift 100(21): 404–407, ill. Reference page. 
• Seki, Y. & Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo. Reference page.