Simiskina phalia potina

Simiskina phalia potina, ♀, from Hewitson, 1878.

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 phalia
Subspecies: Simiskina phalia potina

Name

Simiskina phalia potina (Hewitson 1874).

Type locality: Singapore.

Holotype: ♀ not located.

Synonymy

• Poritia potina Hewitson, 1874: 347; 1878: 215, pl. 88, figs 6, 7.
• Simiskina fulgens Distant, 1886: 12; 1886: 450, pl. 42, fig. 7 ♀.
• Simiskina phalia potina (Hewitson) Corbet, 1940: 347.

References

• 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., 1886. Descriptions of new species and a new genus of Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula. Entomologist 19:11-12.
• 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

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