Pelopidas agna

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Baorini
Genus: Pelopidas
Species: Pelopidas agna
Subspecies: P. a. agna –P. a. agnata –P. a. dingo –P. a. larika

Name

Pelopidas agna Moore, [1866].

Type Locality: India, Bengal.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Hesperia agna Moore, [1857]: 255 (nudum), [1865]: 791.
• Parnassius agna (Moore); Seitz, 1927: 1101.
• Pelopidas agna agna (Moore); Evans, 1949: 439; Maruyama, 1991: 64; Parsons, 1998: 206; van der Poorten, 2020: 339.
• Pelopidas angna (sic), Parsons, 1998: 206, Figure 36. (Unintentional) mis-spelling.

References

• 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. 
• Maruyama, K. & Otsuka, K. 1991. Butterflies of Borneo, Vol.2, No.2 Hesperiidae. 89+83 pp. 48 pls. Tobishima Corporation, Japan. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company 1. London. i-v, 1-14, 17-278, i-iv, 1-12, plates 1a-6a. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1865. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 33(1): 755–823, Pls. XLI–XLIII. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page. 
• van der Poorten, G.M. & van der Poorten, N.E. 2020; in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 5th Edn. Southdene Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Bengal Swift