Loxura cassiopeia

Loxura cassiopeia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Loxura
Species:
L. cassiopeia
Binomial name
Loxura cassiopeia

Loxura cassiopeia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Subspecies

  • Loxura cassiopeia cassiopeia (Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand)
  • Loxura cassiopeia amatica Fruhstorfer, 1912 (northern Borneo, Palawan)
  • Loxura cassiopeia numana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (western Sumatra)
  • Loxura cassiopeia fuscicaudata Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Nias)
  • Loxura cassiopeia batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Batu)
  • Loxura cassiopeia yilma Fruhstorfer, 1926 (Mindanao)
  • Loxura cassiopeia ptesia Riley, 1945 (Mentawi)
  • Loxura cassiopeia takioi Hayashi, 1976 (Palawan)
  • Loxura cassiopeia owadai Hayashi, 1976 (Mindanao)

References

  1. ^ Distant, W. L., 1884. Contributions to a knowledge of Malayan entomology, Pt. III. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)14:198-202 .
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
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