Rapala pheretima pheretima, ♂, Brunei, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

edit
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 pheretima
Subspecies: R. p. petosiris – R. p. pheretima – R. p. sakaia – R. p. sequeira – R. p. tiomana

Name

edit

Rapala pheretima (Hewitson, 1863)

Type locality: Borneo, Sarawak.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, (A. R. Wallace).

Synonymy

edit
  • Deudorix pheretima Hewitson, 1863: 21, pl. 9, fig. 27-29.
  • Rapala pheritima [sic] (Hewitson); Fruhstorfer, [1912]: 263, mis-spelling.
  • Rapala utimutis guevara Fruhstorfer, 1912: 263, N. Borneo.
  • Rapala pheretima (Hewitson); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 363; Lewis, 1974: 180, fig. 33; Seki et al, 1991: 97, pl. 65, L348.
  • Rapala pheretima guevara Fruhstorfer; D'Abrera, 1986: 624.
  • Rapala quevara [sic] Fruhstorfer; Bridges, 1994: VIII.394, mis-spelling.

References

edit
  • D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
  • Bridges, C. A., 1994. Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bridges, Urbana, Illinois.
  • 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.
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.
  • Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

Vernacular names

edit
বাংলা: তামা রিমলি
English: copper flash
 
For more multimedia, look at Rapala pheretima on Wikimedia Commons.