Matapa purpurascens

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

Matapa purpurascens Elwes, H. & J. Edwards, 1897

Type locality: India, Khasi Hills.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

♦ Lophoides purpurascens Elwes & Edwards, 1897ː 196, Pl.XVIII Figs. 26♂, 27♀, Pl.XXIV Figs. 45, 45a ♂ genit.
♦ Matapa purpurascens [Elwes & Edwards]; Evans, 1949ː 331. et seq.

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Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page.
Fan, X.L., Chiba, H. & Wang, M., 2013: The Genus Matapa (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) from China with Description of a New Species. The Florida Entomologist 96(4): 1257–1262. PDF Reference page.
de Jong, R. 1983. Revision of the Oriental genus Matapa (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) with discussion of its phylogeny and geographic History. Zoologische Mededelingen 57(21): 243–270. PDF Reference page.