Famegana nisa

Famegana nisa

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Famegana
Species: Famegana nisa

Name

Famegana nisa (Wallace, 1866)

Type locality: Takaw, Formosa.

Synonymy

• Lycaena nisa Wallace, 1866: 360.
• Lycaena alsulus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869: 75. Synonymy in Hsu, 2020: 155.
  • Type locality: Australia, Rockhampton and Upolu.
• Lycaena exilis Lucas, 1889: 159, fig. 13–15 (preocc. Lycaena exilis Boisduval, 1852). Synonymy in Hsu, 2020: 155.
  • Type locality: Australia, Cooktown to Bowen.
• Lycaena lulu Mathew, 1889: 312. Synonymy in Hsu, 2020: 155.
  • Type locality: Tonga, Tongatabu.
  • Holotype: ♂, BMNH.
• Lycaena gracilis Miskin, 1890: 37. Synonymy in Hsu, 2020: 155.
  • Type locality: Australia, Brisbane to Cooktown.
• Lycaena exilioides Lucas, 1891: 47 (repl. Lycaena exilis Lucas, 1889). Synonymy in Hsu, 2020: 155.
• Zizera nisa (Wallace); Matsumura, 1909: 480.
• Zizeeria alsulus (Herrich-Schäffer); Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914: 106.
• Zizera lulu (Mathew); Rothschild, 1915: 390.
• Zizera kalawarus Ribbe, 1926: 91. Synonymy in Hsu, 2020: 155.
  • Type locality: Celebes.
• Zizera alsulus (Herrich-Schäffer); Seitz, 1927: 926.
• Zizera taiwana Sonan, 1938: 254. Synonymy in Hsu, 2020: 155.
  • Type locality: “Inrin, Formosa.”
• Zizina alsulus (Herrich-Schäffer); Forster, 1940: 874.
• Zizeeria alsulus eggletoni Corbet, 1941: 150. Synonymy in Hsu, 2020: 155.
  • Type locality: Hong Kong, New territory.
• Zizina alsulus taiwana (Sonan); Shirôzu, 1944: 37; Shirôzu, 1960: 334; Hsu, 2013: 252.
• Famegana alsulus (Herrich-Schäffer); Eliot, 1973: 453; D’Abrera, 1977: 361; D’Abrera, 1986: 651; Parsons, 1999: 460; Braby, 2000: 839; Braby, 2016: 324.
• Famegana alsulus alsulus (Herrich-Schäffer); Common & Waterhouse, 1981: 587.
• Famegana alsulus eggletoni (Corbet); Bridges, 1988, I: 115.
• Famegana alsulus kalawarus (Ribbe); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 155.
• Famegana alsulus lulu (Mathew); Tennent, 2006: 54.
• Famegana alsulus taiwana (Sonan)
• Famegana nisa (Wallace); Hsu, 2020: 155.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1988. Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. Reference page. 
• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, G.A. 1981. Butterflies of Australia Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Australia. 2nd Revised Edition. 682 pp., 49 pls. Reference page. 
• Corbet, A.S. 1941. A list of the butterflies of Hong Kong (3), Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae. Hongkong nat. 10(3/4): 148. Reference page. 
• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 28(6): 371-505; 36 Pls.; 162 Text-figs. Reference page. 
• Forster, W. 1940. Neue Lycaeniden-Formen aus China I. Mitteilungen der Münchner entomologischen Gesellschaft 30(3): 870-883, pls 22-24. Reference page. 
• Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1869. Neuer Schmetterlinge aus dem Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg. Erste Abtheilung: die Tagfalter. Stett. ent. Ztg. 30(1–3): 65–80, pls. 1–4. Reference page. 
• Hsu, Y-F. 2020. The identity of Alfred Wallace’s mysterious butterfly taxon Lycaena nisa solved: Famegana nisa comb. nov., a senior synonym of F. alsulus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). ZooKeys 966: 153–162. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.966.51921 Reference page. 
• Lucas, T.P. 1889. Six new species of Rhopalocera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6(4): 155-161, Pl.1. Reference page. 
• Lucas, T.P. 1891. Corrections to six new species of Rhopalocera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 7(1): 47. Reference page. 
• Mathew, G.F. 1889. Descriptions and life-histories of new species of Rhopalocera from the Western Pacific. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 37(2): 311–315. Reference page. 
• Miskin, W.H. 1890. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) principally Lycaenidae. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 15(2): 29–43. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Ribbe, C. 1926. Neue Lycaenenformen, hauptsächlich von Celebes. Entomologische Mitteilungen 15: 78–91. PDF. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. 1915. On the Lepidoptera in Tring museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands. Novitates Zoologicae. 22(2): 192–208; 22(3): 387–402. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page. 
• Shirôzu, T. 1960. Butterflies of Formosa in Colour. Osaka, Hoikusha 4to: vi + 481pp. tfs 1–479, pls 1–76. Reference page. 
• Sonan, J. 1938. Notes on some butterflies from Formosa (5). Zephyrus 7(4): 250–257, 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J. 2006. A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas. Zootaxa 1178, 209 pp. Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J. 2009. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Vanuatu; Ol buttaflae blong Vanuatu. 192 pp., Storm Entomological Publishing, Dereham, Norfolk, England. Reference page. 
• Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 3–267, figs 1–14, pls 1–16. Online. Reference page. 
• Wallace, A.R. & Moore, F. 1866. List of Lepidopterous insects collected at Takow, Formosa, by Mr.Robert Swinhoe. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 355–365. Reference page. 
• Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia. A monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera. 238 pp., 888 figs. Sydney. BHL Reference page.