Liphyra brassolis

Early image of brassolis female from India.

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: Miletinae
Tribus: Liphyrini
Genus: Liphyra
Species: Liphyra brassolis
Subspecies:
L. b. abbreviata –L. b. bougainvilleanus –L. b. brassolis –L. b. lugens –L. b. major –L. b. melania –L. b. niepelti –L. b. robusta –L. b. salomonis

Name

Liphyra brassolis Westwood, 1864.

Type locality: "Assam", "Singapore".

Syntypes: OUMNH; ♂ Assam; ♂ Singapore.

Synonymy

• Liphyra brassolis Westwood, 1864: 31; de Niceville, 1890: 491, pl.29, fig.243; Bingham, 1907: 451, Fig.102.
• Sterosis robusta Felder & Felder, 1865: 219, pl.27 figs.10,11.
• Liphyra brassolis extensa (form) Gaede, 1917: 404.
• Liphyra brassolis brassolis Westwood; Samson & Smart, 1980: 9; Bridges, 1988: II.57; 1994: IX.64.

References

• Bingham, C.T. 1907. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies Vol. 2 London, Taylor & Francis: viii+480pp., 104 text-figs., Pls. 11–20.Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1988. Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Doherty, W., 1890. In Marshall & de Nicéville The Butterflies of India Burma and Ceylon. Volume 3. BHL. Reference page. 
• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page. 
• Gaede, M. 1917. Neue Lepidopteren des Berliner Zoologische Museums. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 8: 385–404. BHL Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• Niepelt, F.W. 1922. Neue exotischer Rhopaloceren aus dem Bismarck-Archipel. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 15(12): 91,92. BHL. Reference page. 
• Samson, C. & Smart, P., 1980. A review of the Genus Liphyra (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) of Indo-Australia. Aurelian 1(4): 6-16, ill. Reference page. 
• Westwood, J. O. 1864. Untitled Note. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3)2(proc): 31. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.

Vernacular names

English: Moth Butterfly