Rapala diopites

Rapala diopites alcetina, ♂, Philippines, Marinduque, Alan Cassidy photo.

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 diopites
Subspecies: R. d. alcetas – R. d. alcetina – R. d. diopites

Name

Rapala diopites (Hewitson, [1869]).

Type locality: Philippines.

Lectotype: ♀ SMF, Camiguin de Luzon, designated by Takanami, 1986: 186.

Synonymy

• Deudorix diopites Hewitson, 1869, Suppl. p. 11, partim, figs 52 and 53 ♀, nec fig. 54 "♂", recte ♀.
• Rapala diopites (Hewitson); Semper, 1890: 224–225. "Babuyanes"; Fruhstorfer, [1912]: 260; Seitz, 1926: 1003.
• Rapala diopetes [sic] (hewitson); D'Abrera, 1986: 629.
• Rapala diopites diopites (Hewitson); Treadaway & Schröder, 2012: 44.

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.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. Text Plates.
• Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.
• Semper, G., 1886-1892. Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln, I. Tagfalter. 380 + 14 pp., 49 + 2 pls. Wiesbaden.
• Takanami, Y., 1986. Desgnation of Lectotype of Deudorix diopites Hewitson from the Philippines, with new status of Rapala alcetas (Staudinger) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô-to-Ga. 36 (4): 185–189.
• Treadaway, C. G. & Schröder, H., 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nach. ent. Ver. Apollo 32 Suppl. 20, 64pp.

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