Ticherra acte acte, ♂, ♀, N. India, from Courvoisier collection, NHM Basel, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

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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

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Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857).

Type Loclaity: N. India, Silhet.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

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  • 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

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  For more multimedia, look at Ticherra acte on Wikimedia Commons.

Vernacular names

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বাংলা: জিয়াল ফিতা
English: blue imperial