Oreolyce vardhana

Oreolyce vardhana nepalica ♂, Nepal

Oreolyce vardhana nepalica, ♀ genitalia.

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: Oreolyce
Subgenus: Arletta
Species: Oreolyce vardhana
Subspecies: (2)
O. v. nepalica – O. v. vardhana

Name

Oreolyce vardhana (Moore, [1875]).

Type locality: India.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Type, N.W. Himalayas Dr. Bayne Reed, Polyommatus vardhana ♂ (type) Moore"; designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 35.

Synonymy

• Polyommatus vardhana Moore, [1875]: 572, pl. 66, fig. 5.
• Cyaniris vardhana (Moore); Seitz, 1909: 323, pl. 83g ♂♀.
• Notarthrinus vardhana (Moore;) Chapman, 1909: 424, fig. 51 ♂ genitalia.
• Moorea vardhana (Moore); Toxopeus, 1927: 255.
• Arletta vardhana (Moore); Hemming, 1935: 3.
• Oreolyce (Arletta) vardhana vardhana (Moore); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 35.

References

• Chapman, T., 1909. A review of the species of the lepidopterous genus Lycaenopsis Feld. (Cyaniris auct. ned Dalm.) on examination of the male ancillary appendages. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 419–476, 72 figs. BHL. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A. F., 1935. Notes on seventeen genera of Rhopalocera. Stylops 4: 1-3. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. [1875]. Descriptions of New Asiatic Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1874: 565–579, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• Toxopeus, L. J., 1927-1928. Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschr. Ent. 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ibid. 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs. Reference page. 

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