Zela excellens

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: Erionotini
Genus: Zela
Species: Zela excellens

Name

Zela excellens (Staudinger, 1889).

Type Locality: Palawan.

Holotype: male ZMHU.

Synonymy

• Proteides excellens Staudinger, 1889: 141.
• Zela excellens (Staudinger); Maruyama, Otsuka, 1991ː 46; Eliot, 1992: 371, Pl.57 Fig.15; Bridges, 1994: VIII.78.
• Zela onara excellens (Staudinger); Lepindex.

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. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Maruyama, K. & Otsuka, K. 1991. Butterflies of Borneo, Vol.2, No.2 Hesperiidae. 89+83 pp. 48 pls. Tobishima Corporation, Japan. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O. 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (Iris) 2(1): 3–180, pls. 1,2. Reference page.