Rapala

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
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: R. aquamarina – R. arata – R. arbaimuni – R. bomiensis – R. caerulea – R. caerulescens – R. cassidyi – R. catena – R. christopheri – R. cowani – R. cyrhestica – R. damona – R. dieneces – R. dioetas – R. diopites – R. domitia – R. duma – R. elcia – R. enipeus – R. extensa – R. hades – R. hinomaru – R. iarbus – R. lankana – R. manea – R. masara – R. melida – R. micans – R. mikaae – R. nemorensis – R. nissa – R. persephone – R. pheretima – R. rectivitta – R. repercussa – R. rhoda – R. rhodopis – R. rhoecus – R. ribbei – R. rosacea – R. rubida – R. scintilla – R. selira – R. suffusa – R. takasagonis – R. tara – R. tomokoae – R. varuna – R. zamona

Name

Rapala Moore, 1881.

Type Species: Thecla varuna Horsfield, [1829]: 91, by original designation.

Synonymy

Hysudra Moore, 1881
Baspa Moore, 1882
Bidapsa Moore, 1882
Nadisepa Moore, 1882
Vadebra Moore, [1884]. Preoccupied by Vadebra Moore, 1883, Lepidoptera, Danaiidae. TS Deudorix petosiris Hewitson, [1863].
Atara Zhdanko, 1996

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