Taractrocera ceramas oberthuri

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: Taractrocera ceramas oberthuri

Name

Taractrocera ceramas oberthuri (Elwes & Edwards, 1897).

Type Locality: South India, "Trichinopoly".

Holotype: male, BMNH

Synonymy

• Taractrocera oberthüri Elwes & Edwards, 1897: 185; Moore, 1912: 119, Pl.784 figs 1,1a,1b.
• Taractrocera ceramas oberthüri Elwes & Edwards; Evans, 1949: 359; Bridges, 1994: IX.67; de Jong, 2004: 395.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (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. 
• Moore, F. 1912–1913. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 10. Rhopalocera: Hesperiidae (concluded). 364pp., pls 757–835. 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. website