Rapala rhodopis

Rapala rhodopis, <♂:♀>, Sumatra, from original description.

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 rhodopis

Name

Rapala rhodopis de Nicéville, 1896.

Type locality: Sumatra, Battack Mts.

Holotype: ♂ not located.

Synonymy

• Rapala rhodopis de Nicéville, 1896: 184, pl. T, figs 41 (♂), 42 (♀); D'Abrera, 1986: 626; Eliot, 1992: 328, 425, pl. 51, figs 6-8.
• Rapala rhodopsis [sic] de Nicéville; Corbet, 1939: 110.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• 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.
• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• de Nicéville, L., 1896. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region (2). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10(2): 169-194, pls R, S, T.

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