Rapala suffusa laima

Rapala suffusa laima, ♂, ♀, Borneo, Sabah, Kinabalu, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel, Alan Cassidy photo.

Rapala suffusa laima, ♂, Kinabalu, 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 suffusa
Subspecies: Rapala suffusa laima

Name

Rapala suffusa laima Druce, 1895.

Type locality: Borneo, Kinabalu.

Lectotype: ♂ MNHU, designated by Takanami, 1989: 35.

Synonyms

• Rapala laima Druce, 1895: 624, pl. 34, fig. 12.
• Rapala dioetas laima Druce; Corbet, 1939: 109.
• Rapala suffusa laima Druce; Takanami, 1989: 35, 69; Seki et al, 1991: 97, pl. 65, L350.

References

• 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.
• Druce, H. H., 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 556-627, 4 pls.
• Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.