Rapala caerulea

Rapala caerulea, ♂, in Ménétriés, 1855.

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: Rapala caerulea

Name

Rapala caerulea (Bremer & Grey, [1853]).

Type locality: China, Beijing.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Thecla caerulea Bremer & Grey, 1853: 8, pl.2 fig.3; Kirby, 1871: 400; Menetries, 1855: pl.IV Fig.4.
• Thecla betuloides Blanchard, 1871: 810. Synonymised by Huang, 2001: 82.
• Atara betuloides (Blanchard); Tuzov et al, 2000: 101, pl. 52, figs 19-21.
• Rapala caerulea (Bremer & Grey); Huang, 2003: 102.

References

• Blanchard, C.É. 1871. Remarques sur la faune de la principauté thibétaine du Mou-pin. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences 72: 807–813.Reference page. 
• Bremer, O. & Grey, W. 1853. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Nördlichen China's. St. Petersburg: 23 pp. web Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Huang, H. 2001. Report of H. Huang's 2000 expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 51: 65–151. PDF. Reference page. 
• Huang, H. 2003. A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongjiang, China, with descriptions of new species, new subspecies and revisional notes. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 55: 3–114. PDF. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page. 
• Ménétriés, E., 1855-1863. Catalogue de la Collection Entomologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. Nouvelle Espèces 1 (1857): 69-97; 2: 99-144; 3 (1863): 145-161, 6 pls; 18 pls., 69-97, 99-144, 145-161. Reference page. 
• Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2.

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