Mahathala ameria

Mahathala ameria, ♀, N. India, 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: Arhopalini
Genus: Mahathala
Species: Mahathala ameria
Subspecies: M. a. ameria – M. a. hainani – M. a. kiangana

Name

Mahathala ameria (Hewitson, 1862).

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

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• 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

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17(1): 3–164, 5 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1908. Lepidopterologisches Pele-Mele. Neue ostasiatische Rhopaloceren. Entomologische Zeitschrift 22(11): 46–47; 22(12): 48–49; Neue sudamerikanische Pieriden. 22(14): 59; Neue Papiliorassen. 22(18): 72–73. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Leech, J.H. 1890. New species of Rhopalocera from China. Parts 1-4. Entomologist 23: 26–50; 81-83;109-114; 187–192. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1878. List of Lepidopterous insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878(3): 695-708. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok. Reference page. 
• Talbot, G., 1942. The races and forms of Mahathala ameria (Hewitson) Lep. Rhop. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 1942, (B)11(8): 120-123. Reference page.