Rapala melida, ♂, Borneo, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

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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 melida
Subspecies: R. m. melida – R. m. palawanica

Name

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Rapala melida Fruhstorfer, [1912].

Type locality: Borneo.

Lectotype: ♂ MNHU, Mt. Kinabalu, N.E. Borneo, designated by Takanami, 1989: 35.

Synonymy

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  • Rapala sphinx melida Fruhstorfer, [1912]: 257.
  • Rapala elcia melida Fruhstorfer; Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1978: 215, genitalia figs 13-16.
  • Rapala rhoecus melida Fruhstorfer; Takanami, 1989: 74, fig. A-91; Seki et al, 1991: 98, pl. 66, L357; Treadaway, 1995: 84.
  • Rapala melida Fruhstorfer; Schröder & Treadaway, 2000: 61; Treadaway & Schröder, 2012: 44.

References

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  • Druce, H. H., 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 556-627, 4 pls.
  • 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., Schröder, H. & Treadaway, C., 1978. New species of Rapala and Sinthusa from Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyô-to-Ga 29(5): 215-219.
  • Schröder, H., and Treadaway, C. G., 2000. Zur kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 14 (Lepidoptera). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 21(2): 61–64.
  • Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
  • Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23–80. Abstract and full article: [1].
  • Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachr. entomol. Apollo Suppl.14: 7–118.
  • 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.