Taractrocera ceramas

Taractrocera ceramas

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Taractrocerini
Genus: Taractrocera
Species: Taractrocera ceramas
Subspecies: T. c. ceramas – T. c. nicevillei – T. c. oberthuri – T. c. atropunctata – T. c. media – T. c. thelma

Name

Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson, [1868])

Type Locality: India, Nilgiri Hills: "Neilgeherries".

Holotype: male, coll. Hewitson BMNH.

Synonymy

• Cyclopides ceramas Hewitson, [1868]: 44.
• Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson); Watson, 1893: 94; Elwes & Edwards, 1897: 184, Pl.21 Fig.24, et seq.
• Taractrocera ceramas ceramas (Hewitson); Evans, 1949: 359; Bridges, 1994: IX.67.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Jong, de R., 2004. Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Taractrocera Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), an example of Southeast Asian-Australian interchange. Zoologische Mededelingen 78(18-28): 383–415. Reference page. 
• Elwes, H.J. & Edwards, J. 1897. A revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 14(4): 101–324, pls 18–27. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1867-68. Descriptions of One Hundred New Species of Hesperidae Pt.1 pp.1-25; Pt.2 pp.31-56. van Voorst, London. Reference page. 
• Watson, E.Y. 1893. A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893(1): 3–132, 3 pls. Reference page. 

Links

• K. Saji. 2015. Taractrocera ceramas Hewitson, 1868 – Tawny-spotted Grass Dart. Kunte, K., P. Roy, S. Kalesh and U. Kodandaramaiah (eds.). Butterflies of India, v. 2.10. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.

Vernacular names

English: Tamil grass dart
മലയാളം: മഞ്ഞപ്പുൽത്തുള്ളൻ
中文: 草黄弄蝶

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