Mahathala ameria, ♀, N. India, from original description.

Taxonavigation

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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: Arhopalini
Genus: Mahathala
Species: Mahathala ameria
Subspecies: M. a. ameria – M. a. hainani – M. a. kiangana

Name

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Mahathala ameria (Hewitson, 1862).

Type locality: N.E. India, Assam, Khasi Hills.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

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  • Amblypodia ameria Hewitson, 1862: 14, pl.8 figs 85-86.
  • Mahathala ameria (Hewitson); Moore, 1878: 703; de Nicéville, 1890: 283, pl.27, fig.200 ♀; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 22, pl.4 figs 4,4a genit.; Pinratana, 1981: 106, pl.18 fig.12; D'Abrera, 1986: 556.
  • Narathura ameria (Hewitson); Distant, [1885]: 268, pl.21 fig.30 ♀.
  • Amblypodia angulata Leech, 1890: 44, ♀, China, Chang Yang.
  • Mahathala ameria zistra Fruhstorfer, 1908: 49, ♀ BMNH, synonymised by Talbot, 1942: 121.

References

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