Rachana plateni

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: Iolaini
Genus: Rachana
Species: Rachana plateni
Subspecies: (2)
R. p. parvula – R. p. plateni

Name

Rachana plateni (Semper, 1890).

Type locality: Philippines, S.E. Mindanao.

Lectotype: ♂ MNHU, "Origin. (p) [pink]/Pratapa Plateni Semper Typ. ♂♀(h)/Mindanao Davao or. 1889. Platen. (p)/388 (h)/Lectotype(p) Pratapa plateni Semper, 1890 Takanami, 1986(h) [pink]".

Synonymy

Pratapa plateni Semper, 1890: 206; Swinhoe, [1912]: 148.
Tajuria plateni (Semper); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 210.
Eliotia kazuyai Hayashi, 1979: 85, figs 3, 4, ♂, 10 ♂ genit. Synonymised by Schröder & Treadaway, 1986: 315.
Eliotia jalindra plateni (Semper); D'Abrera, 1986: 617.
Eliotia navales Schröder & Treadaway, 1986: 312, pl. 1 ♂, ♀, pl. 2, ♂ genit. Synonymised by Treadaway, 1995: 82.
Eliotia plateni plateni (Semper); Treadaway, 1995: 82.
Rachana plateni plateni (Semper); Treadaway & Schröder, 2012: 41; Takanami & seki, consulted, 13.xi.2012.

References

D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1912. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4): 197-272, 4 Figs.
Hayashi, H., 1979: New Lycaenid Butterflies from Mindanao, the Philippines. Tyo-to-Ga. 30(1,2): 83-90. *Semper, G., 1886-1892. Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln, Beitrag zur Indo-Malayischen Lepidopteren-Fauna. l (Die Tagfalter). In C. G. Semper, Reisen im Archipen der Phihppinen, (2)5. Weisbadcn 1 :380 pp, 49 pls.
Schröder, H., and Treadaway, C. G., 1986. Neue taxen in den Gattungen Eliotia, Deramas und Una (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Ent. Zeit. mit Insekt. 96(21): 312–319, 6 pls.
Swinhoe, C., [1912]. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 9 (1911-1912) Lycaenidae (cont.) and Hesperiidae, x + 278 pp, pls 706-756. London.
Takanami, Y. & Seki, Y.. A synonymic list of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Edn. 12.
Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachr. entomol. Apollo Suppl.14: 7–118.
Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1–64.