Pelopidas assamensis

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: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Baorini
Genus: Pelopidas
Species: Pelopidas assamensis

Name

Pelopidas assamensis de Nicéville, 1882.

Type Locality: Assam; "Gori and Káli valleys, 2,000-4,000ft".

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

  • Parnara assamensis de Nicéville, 1882: 65; 1886: 382, Pl.17 figs 7,7a ♀, Pl.18 figs 5,5a ♂]; Doherty, 1886: 139; Watson, 1891: 31.
  • Hesperia alice Plötz, 1883: 45. "Mergui, Philippinen. Museum Berol". Synonymy in Evans, 1949: 443.
  • Baoris assamensis Wood-Mason, de Nicéville; Watson, 1893: 106.
  • Caltoris assamensis (de Nicéville); Swinhoe, 1893: 323.
  • Baoris (Parnara) assamensis de Nicéville, 1894: 183.
  • Pelopidas assamensis (de Nicéville); Evans, 1949: 443; Bridges, 1994: IX.47.

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 Nicéville, L., 1882. Second list of butterflies taken in Sikkim in October 1882, with notes on habits. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal Pt II, 51(2/3): 54-66. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Doherty, W., 1886. A list of butterflies taken in Kumaon. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 55(2): 103–140. BHL. 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. 
  • Moore, F. 1912–1913. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 10. Rhopalocera: Hesperiidae (concluded). 364pp., pls 757–835. Reference page. 
  • Plötz, C. 1882–83. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. Entomologische Zeitung 1882: 43: 314–344, 436-456; 1883: 44: 26–64, 44: 195–233. Reference page. 
  • Swinhoe, C. 1893. A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasia Hills. Part I. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 41(3): 267–330. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Watson, E.Y. 1893. A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893(1): 3–132, 3 pls. Reference page. 
  • Wood-Mason, J. & de Nicéville, L. [1887]. List of the lepidopterous insects collected in Cachar by Mr. J. Wood-Mason, part ii – Rhopalocera. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 55: 343–392, pls 15–18. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: Great Swift