Simiskina phalena phalena

Simiskina phalena phalena, <♂:♀>, Brunei, 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: Poritiinae
Tribus: Poritiini
Genus: Simiskina
Species: Simiskina phalena
Subspecies: Simiskina phalena phalena

Name

Simiskina phalena phalena (Hewitson 1874).

Type locality: Singapore.

Holotype: ♂ not located, (Wallace)

Synonymy

• Poritia phalena Hewitson, 1874: 344; 1878: 216, pl. 49, figs 14,15; Distant, 1884: 200, pl. xxii, figs 9,10.
• Simiskina solyma de Nicéville, 1894: 29, pl. iv, fig. 10, ♀.
• Poritia phalena phalena Hewitson; Seitz, 1927: 1009, pl. 154, k 6 ♀, 7 ♂ Un.
• Simiskina phalena phalena (Hewitson) Corbet, 1940; D'Abrera, 1986: 541.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Corbet, A. S., 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90: 337–350, 1 pl., 21 figs.
• Distant, W. L., 1882-1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. 16 + 481 pp., 41 pls. London.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874(3):343-355.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. Text Plates London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. etc.
• de Nicéville, L., 1894. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Asiatic. Soc. Beng. 63: 1–58, 5 pls.
• Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.

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