Sinthusa malika, as Dipsas malika in Moore & Horsfield, [1858].

Taxonavigation edit

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 malika
Subspecies:
S. m. amata – S. m. malika – S. m. niasicola – S. m. valdarna

Name edit

Sinthusa malika (Horsfield, [1829]).

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: ♂, BMNH.

Synonymy edit

  • Thecla malika Horsfield, [1829]: 90; de Nicéville, [1884]: 78.
  • Dipsas malika (Horsfield); Westwood, [1851]: 480; Moore & Horsfield, [1858]: 37, pl.1a, fig.5.
  • Sinthusa malika (Horsfield); de Nicéville, 1894: 43, pl.5,figs 6♀,18♂; Fruhstorfer, 1912: 229.
  • Deudorix malika (Horsfield); Piepers & Snellen, 1918: 83.
  • Sinthusa malika volsa Fruhstorfer, 1912: 229. Synonymised by Piepers & Snellen, 1918: 83.
  • Sinthusa malika malika (Horsfield); D'Abrera, 1986: 633; Eliot, 1992: 425.

References edit

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