Rapala duma

Rapala duma, ♂, lectotype, designated by Robbins & Lamas, 2002.

Rapala duma, ♂, Karen Hills, from original description of abnormis.

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 duma
Subspecies: R. d. abusina – R. d. duma

Name

Rapala duma Hewitson, 1878.

Type locality: "Bogota, Colombia", recte S. E. Asia, possibly W. Malaysia.

Lectotype: ♂ ZMHU, "SYN-/TYPE"/"Duma"/"Bogota/NoIcken.", designated by Robbins & Lamas, 2002: 200, figs 3, 4.

Synonymy

• Thecla duma Hewitson, 1878: 211, pl. 84, fig. 713. "Colombia, Bogota (Nolcken)".
• Rapala abnormis Elwes, [1893]: 642, pl. 44, fig. 2.
• Rapala abnormis abnormis Elwes; Seitz, 1927: 1007; Eliot, 1992: 328, 425, pl. 50, fig. 14.
• Rapala duma duma (Hewitson); Eliot, 1992: 511 (postscript); Takanami, 1998: 48, pl. 1, figs 4c, 4d; Yutaka, consulted 07 June 2012.

References

• Corbet, A. S., 1939. A revision of the Malayan species of Rapala Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)8(6): 103–112, fig. 1-20a. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Elwes, H.J. [1893]. On butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak (part ii). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 617–664, pls 43, 44. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Robbins, R. K. & Lamas, G. 2002. Nomenclatural Changes in the Neotropical Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae) Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 19 (Supl. 1): 197–214. PDF. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.
• Takanami, Y., 1998. Genus Rapala (Lycaenidae) of the Southeast Asian Islands. (in Japanese) Butterflies 19: 41–57, 6 plates.Yutaka, I. & Saito, K., A Checklist of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam.

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