Rapala selira

Rapala selira, ♂, Nepal, Alan Cassidy 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 selira

Name

Rapala selira (Moore, 1874).

Type locality: N.W. India, Kashmir.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Deudorix selira Moore, 1874: 272.
• Hysudra selira (Moore); Moore, 1882: 250; Doherty, 1886: 126; de Nicéville, 1890: 454, pl. 29, fig 240 ♂; Swinhoe, [1912]: 19, pl. 709, figs 1, 1a, 1b.
• Rapala selira roana Fruhstorfer, 1916: 25. Bashahr, N.W. Himalaya.
• Rapala micans selira (Moore); Evans, 1927: 193; Smith, 1993: 49, pl. 23B, figs 4, 9.
• Rapala selira (Moore); Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Lewis, 1974: 206, fig, 30; Bridges, 1994: IX.112; Chou & Gu, 1994.

References

• Chou, I. & Gu, 1994. In Chou I. (ed.), Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
• Doherty, W., 1886. A list of butterflies taken in Kumaon. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 55(2): 103–140. BHL. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1916. Neue Lokalrassen indischer Tagfalter. Entomologische Rundschau. 33(5): 24-25. Reference page. 
• Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.
• Moore, F. 1874. List of diurnal Lepidoptera collected in Cashmere territory by Capt. R. B. Reed, 12th Regiment, with descriptions of new species. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(1): 264-274, pl.43. 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. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
• Smith, C., 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, 128pp. Rohit Kumar, Lashkar (Gwalior).
• Swinhoe, C., [1912]. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 9 (1911-1912) Lycaenidae (cont.) and Hesperiidae, x + 278 pp, pls 706-756. London.
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region Scholarly Publications, 523pp, (1982 Reprint).

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