Sinthusa chandrana

Sinthusa chandrana, ♂, N.W. Himalaya, from original description.

Sinthusa chandrana, ♀, "Lahul, Kulua", from Rhopalocera from the Indian Region.

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: Sinthusa
Species: Sinthusa chandrana
Subspecies:
S. c. chandrana – S. c. grotei – S. c. kuyaniana – S. c. margala – S. c. sophonisbe

Name

Sinthusa chandrana (Moore, 1882).

Type locality: N.W. Himalayas, "Lahul".

Holotype: ♂, BMNH.

Synonymy

• Hypolycaena chandrana Moore, 1882: 249, pl.11 figs 2,2a ♂; de Nicéville, [1884]: 78, pl.9 fig.1 ♀.
• Sinthusa chandrana dichroa (ab.) Seitz, 1926: 979.
• Sinthusa chandrana discolor (ab.) vSeitz, 1926: 979.
• Sinthusa chandrana stigma (ab.) Seitz, 1926: 979.
• Sinthusa chandrana (Moore); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 365; D'Abrera, 1986: 633.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J. H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra district, N. W. Himalayas, with descriptions of new genera and species, Part 1. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882: 234-263, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., [1884]. On new and little-known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 52: 65-91, 3 pls. BHL text, plates. 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. 
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region Scholarly Publications, 523pp, 72 pls. (1982 Reprint). Reference page. 

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