Rapala varuna simsoni

Rapala varuna simsoni, ♂, Queensland, Australia.

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 varuna
Subspecies: Rapala varuna simsoni

Name

Rapala varuna simsoni (Miskin, 1874).

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Port Denison and Brisbane.

Syntypes: ♂,♀ not located.

Synonymy

• Deudorix simsoni Miskin, 1874: 165.
• Rapala varuna elatheia Seitz, 1927: 117. Synonymised by Parsons, 1998: 407.
• Rapala varuna simsoni (Miskin); McCubbin, 1971: 106; D'Abrera, 1977: 301; Parsons, 1998: 407, pl. 63, figs 1726, 1727.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Miskin, W.H. 1874. New Lycaenidae from Queensland. Ent. mon. Mag. 11: 165. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page.