Iraota distanti

Iraota distanti = nila, ♀, West Malaysia, from Distant, [1886].

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: Amblypodiini
Genus: Iraota
Species: Iraota distanti
Subspecies: I. d. distanti – I. d. nileia

Name

Iraota distanti (Staudinger, 1889)

Type locality: West Malaysia, Malacca.

Holotype: Not located

Synonyms

• Iraota nila Distant, 1886: 462, pl. 44, fig. 24 ♀; Lectotype ♀ MNHU designated by Takanami, 1989: 28. Homonym of Thecla nila Kollar, [1844]: 413, = Iraota timoleon (Stoll, 1783): 146. Replaced by distanti Staudinger.
• Deudorix distanti Staudinger, 1889: 121.
• Iraota distanti (Staudinger), Seki et al, 1991: 70 L253; Eliot, 1992: 292, 421, Pl. 44, Figs 6,7,8.

References

• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. 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. 
• Kollar, V., 1844-1848. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir. (Lepidoptera). In Hügel, C., Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2): 397–398, 403-496, 22 pls.. Reference page. 
• Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
• Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.
• Stoll, C., 1780-1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, 4 vols (252 pp. 400 pls.) and Suppl. (184 pp. 42 pls.) Vol 1; Vol 2; Vol. 3; Vol. 4; Suppl.
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23–80.

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