Suastus gremius

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: Erionotini
Genus: Suastus
Species: Suastus gremius
Subspecies: S. g. chilon S. g. gremius S. g. subgrisea

Name

Suastus gremius Fabricius, 1798.

Type Locality: "India orientali".

Holotype: male, BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Hesperia gremius Fabricius, 1798: 433.
  • Hesperia disu Kollar, [1844]: 456. Himalayas.
  • Hesperilla gremius (Fabricius); Butler, [1870]: 271, Pl.III fig.7.
  • Hesperia divodasa Moore, [1857]: 255; 1865: 791.
  • Suastus gremius (Fabricius); Moore, [1882]: 168; Seitz, 1927: 1062, Pl.163e.
  • Suastus robsonii de Niceville, 1895: 372, pl.Q fig.50. Mussoorie. Synonymy in Evans, 1949: 297.
  • Suastus gremius centripuncta (aberration) Seitz, 1927: 1062.
  • Suastus gremius gremius (Fabricius); Evans, 1949: 296; Bridges, 1994: IX.65.
  • Hesperia yva Plótz, 1886:: 94. Synonymy in Mielke & casagrande, 2002.
  • Mucia yva (Plótz); Evans, 1955: 284. Synonymy in Mielke & casagrande, 2002.

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. 
  • Butler, A. G., [1870]. Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the collection of the British Museum. (1869). v + 303 pp., 3 pls. London. BHL, plates. 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. 
  • Kollar, V., 1844–1848. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir. (Lepidoptera). In Hügel, C., Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2): 397–398, 403–496, 22 pls.. Reference page. 
  • Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M. 2002. Taxonomic notes on neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), with descriptions of new taxa. Revista brasileira de zoologia 19 (suppl. 1): 27–76. 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. 
  • Moore, F. 1866 ["1865"]. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 33(1): 755–823. BHL Pls. XLI–XLIII. 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. 
  • de Nicéville, L. 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 9(3): 259–321; (4): 366–410, Pls. N–Q. Reference page. 
  • Plötz, C. 1884. Die Gattung Tagiades Hüb. und ihre Arten. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 37: 39–55. 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. 

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Vernacular names

  • বাংলা: খয়েরা
  • English: Indian Palm Bob
  • हिन्दी: ताड पपगा