Ticherra acte

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
Tribus: Cheritrini
Genus: Ticherra
Species: Ticherra acte
Subspecies: T. a. acte – T. a. liviana – T. a. retracta – T. a. staudingeri

Name

Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857).

Type Loclaity: N. India, Silhet.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

Myrina acte Doubleday, 1847: 21. [nomen nudum].
Myrina acte Moore, 1857: 47. N. India.
Myrina acte Moore; Hewitson, 1863: 30, pl.12, figs.8,9.
Myrina symira Hewitson, 1876: 152; Hewitson, 1878: Suppl.26, pl.3b, figs 107,108. Darjeeling.
Cheritra acte (Moore); Doherty, 1886: 127. East Kumaon.
Ticherra acte (Moore); de Nicéville, 1887: 457, pl.40, fig.5 (dry season form).
Sithon acte (Moore); Staudinger, 1888: 277, pl.95, fig.d5 (wet season form).
Ticherra acte (Moore); de Nicéville, 1890: 407, pl.28, fig.225.
Ticherra symira (Moore); de Nicéville, 1890: 408, as ? aberration.
Ticherra acte acte (Moore); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 245.
Ticherra acte acte (Moore) f. idina Fruhstorfer, 1912: 245 (dry season form).
Ticherra acte acte (Moore); Seitz, 1926: 994, pl.146, figs g5,g6 (dry season form), pl.158, figs h7,h8 (wet season form ♀); Cowan, 1967: 85.

References

Cowan C. F., 1967. The Indo-Oriental Tribe Cheritrini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenicae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20(3): 77–103, 4 pls, BHL. Reference page.
Doherty, W., 1886. A list of butterflies taken in Kumaon. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 55(2): 103–140. BHL. Reference page.
Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. Reference page.
Godfrey, E. J., 1930. A Revised List of the Butterflies of Siam, with Notes on their Geographical Distribution. J. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl. 7(4): 203–397. Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1876. Notes on Mr. Atkinson's collection of East Indian lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 13: 149–152. BHL. Reference page.
Moore, F., [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company 1. London. i-v, 1-14, 17-278, i-iv, 1-12, plates 1a-6a. Reference page.
de Nicéville, L., 1887. Descriptions of some new or little-known butterflies from India, with note on …Genus Melanitis. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887(3): 448–467, pls 39, 40. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. 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.
Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. Reference page.

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Vernacular names

বাংলা: জিয়াল ফিতা
English: blue imperial