Rapala iarbus

Rapala iarbus iarbus, <♂:♀>, Thailand, Alan Cassidy/Bob Kennett 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 iarbus
Subspecies: R. i. dekaiarchus – R. i. iarbus – R. i. menaichus

Name

Rapala iarbus (Fabricius, 1787).

Type locality: Thailand, Phuket Is.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, Banks Collection, "Tamah, Pulau Salang (Phuket), v-vii.1779".

Synonymy

• Papilio melampus Stoll, [1781]: 142, pl. 362, figs G, H, preocc. TL: Coromandel Coast, S.India.
• Papilio iarbus Fabricius, 1787: 68.
• Papilio iarbas Fabricius, 1787: 83.
• Hesperia jarbas (Fabricius, [1793]).
• Polyommatus jarbas (Fabricius); Godart, [1824]: 646.
• Thecla jarbas (Fabricius); Horsfield, 1828: 93.
• Thecla sorya Kollar, 1844: 414, pl. 5, figs 1, 2. Synonymised by Horsfield, [1858]: 32.
• Dipsas melampus (Cramer); Horsfield, [1858]: 32.
• Deudorix melampus (Cramer); Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 22.
• Deudorix jarbas (Fabricius); Butler, 1879: 549; Distant, 1885: 278, pl. 24, fig. 15(♂), pl. 20, fig. 26(♀).
• Nadisepa jarbas (Fabricius); Moore, 1882: 249.
• Rapala manea ocerta Fruhstorfer, 1912: 254. Singapore.
• Rapala melampus melampus (Fabricius); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 263.
• Rapala melampus jarbas (Fabricius); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 263.
• Rapala melampus ocerta (Cramer); Corbet, 1939: 110.
• Rapala jarbas ab. chondong Cowan, 1956; Bull. Raffles Mus. 27: 39
• Rapala jarbas (Fabricius); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 362.
• Rapala melampus (Fabricius); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 362.
• Rapala iarbus iarbus (Fabricius); D'Abrera, 1986: 626; Eliot, 1992: 327, 425, pl. 51, figs 3-5, fig. 324 genit.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., 1879. The Butterflies of Malacca. Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) Zool. 1(8): 533-568, pls 68,69. Reference page. 
• Corbet, A. S. & Pendlebury, H. M., 1934. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Edn. 1.
• 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. 
• Cowan C. F., 1956. Two unusual varieties of common Malayan Rhopalocera. Bull. Raffles Mus. 27: 39. Reference page. 
• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. 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. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 2: 382 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1792. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Pars 1. Hafniae: C.G. Proft, xx + 330 pp. BHL PDF 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. 
• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T. [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company Vol. 1 i–v, 1–14, 17–278, i–iv, 1–11; pls 1–12, 1a–6a. London. Reference page. 
• Kollar, V., 1844–1848. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir. (Lepidoptera). In Hügel, C., Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2): 397–398, 403–496, 22 pls.. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J. H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra district, N. W. Himalayas, with descriptions of new genera and species, Part 1. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882: 234-263, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• Stoll, C., 1780-1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc.). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, 4 vols (252 pp. 400 pls.) and Suppl. (184 pp. 42 pls.) Vol 1; Vol 2; Vol. 3; Vol. 4; Suppl.
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region Scholarly Publications, 523pp, (1982 Reprint).

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