Remelana jangala

Remelana jangala ravata, ♂, Thailand.

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
Tribus: Remelanini
Genus: Remelana
Species: Remelana jangala
Subspecies: R. j. andamanica – R. j. baweana – R. j. callias – R. j. centa – R. j. daoana – R. j. erna – R. j. esra – R. j. huberta – R. j. jangala – R. j. khusus – R. j. mudra – R. j. orsolina – R. j. ravata – R. j. travana

Name

• Remelana jangala (Horsfield, 1829)
  • Authority for placement: objective (type species)
  • Holotype: BMNH
  • Type locality: Indonesia, Java

Synonyms

• Amblypodia jangala Horsfield, 1829: 113.
• Myrina travana Hewitson, 1865: 38, pl. 42, figs 59, 60.
• Myrina orsolina Hewitson, 1865: 38, pl. 42, figs 56-58.
• Myrina jangala (Horsfield); Moore, [1866]: 776.
• Myrina ravata Moore, [1866]: 776, pl. 41, fig. 11.
• Remelana jangala (Horsfield); Moore, 1884: 37; Eliot, 1992: 318, 424, pl. 49, figs 11-13, g313.
• Remelana travana (Hewitson); Moore, 1884: 37.
• Sithon jangala (Horsfield); Fruhstorfer, 1907: 144.
• Sithon jangala f. bella Fruhstorfer, 1907: 144 [dry season form].

References

• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1907. Alte und neue rasse von Sithon jangala Horsfield. Ent. Zeit. 21(23): 144. Archive. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1865. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 33(1): 755–823, Pls. XLI–XLIII. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL Reference page. 
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.

Vernacular names

English: Chocolate Royal

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