Abaratha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
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: Tagiadinae
Tribus: Tagiadini
Genusː Abaratha
Subgenera: A. (Abaratha) A. (Odontoptilum)

Name

Abaratha Moore, [1882]

Type species: Pterygospidea ransonnetii R. Felder, 1868: 181, Pl.97, fig.1, by original designation.

Synonymy

  • Abaratha Moore, [1882]: 181]; Hemming, 1967: 20.
  • (Not =Caprona Wallengren, 1857; Evans, 1949: 160, see Zhang et al., 2022).
  • Odontoptilum de Nicéville, 1890; Hemming, 1967: 319; Bridges, 1994ː IX.43; de Jong, 2006ː 148. (Junior synonym of Abaratha Moore in Zhang et al., 2022: 27.
  • Abaratha (Abaratha) Moore; Zhang et al., 2022: 27. (As subgenus)
  • Abaratha (Odontoptilum) de Nicéville; Zhang et al., 2022: 27. (As subgenus)

References

Primary references

  • Bridges, C.A. (1994). Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois: Bridges. BHL Reference page. 
  • de Jong, R. 2006. Revision of the Oriental genus Odontoptilum de Nicéville (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 149(2): 145–159. PDF.Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L. 1890. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indian Region with descriptions of three new genera of Hesperidae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 5(3): 199-225, Pls. D,E. 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. 
  • Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 
  • Moore, F. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. Reference page. 
  • Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

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