Genus Rapala Moore, 1881

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• Rapala Moore, F. 1881. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1(2–4) pp. 41-190 pls 19-71. [issued 1881, dated 1880-1881] [105].

  Type species:

   Thecla varuna Horsfield, 1829 by original designation.
• Nadisepa Moore, F. 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking chiefly in the Kangra District, N.W. Himalaya; with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(1): 234-263 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [249].

  Type species:

   Papilio iarbus Fabricius, 1787 by monotypy.
• Baspa Moore, F. 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking chiefly in the Kangra District, N.W. Himalaya; with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(1): 234-263 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [250].

  Type species:

   Papilio melampus Stoll, 1781 by monotypy (Papilio melampus Stoll, 1781is a junior primary homonym of Papilio melampus Fuessly, 1775. The oldest available name is Thecla sorya Kollar, 1884 (Hemming, F., 1967) [74]).
• Bidaspa Moore, F. 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking chiefly in the Kangra District, N.W. Himalaya; with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(1): 234-263 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [250].

  Type species:

   Thecla nissa Kollar, 1844 by original designation.
• Hysudra Moore, F. 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking chiefly in the Kangra District, N.W. Himalaya; with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(1): 234-263 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [250].

  Type species:

   Deudorix selira Moore, 1874 by monotypy.
• Vadebra Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(4): 521-535 pls 48-49 [issued 1884, dated 1883] [528].

  Type species:

   Deudorix petosiris Hewitson, 1863 by original designation (Vadebra Moore, 1884 is a junior homonym of Vadebra Moore, 1883 and is invalid).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Edwards, E.D. 1996. Lycaenidae. pp. 249-254, 360-363 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [251]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
  • Maluku
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [522]

Corbet, A.S. & Pendlebury, H.M. 1992. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Malayan Nature Society 595 pp. 69 pls. [326]

Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 28(6): 371-505 [439]

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [407]

Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [132]

 

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