Rapala Moore, 1881

Kc, Sajan, Poel, Piet Van Der, Pariyar, Surendra, Sunar, Aman & Limbu, Mahendra Singh, 2025, A review of the genus Rapala Moore, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) of Nepal with insights on little-known species, Zootaxa 5692 (1), pp. 31-56 : 33

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8C3FC947-BE0C-41E0-9215-D2B9AFEDADC0

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0387897B-9667-4225-FF3B-FC8331EEFBCB

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Rapala Moore, 1881
status

 

Key to Adult Rapala Moore, 1881 View in CoL and Related Theclinae Genera from Nepal

1. One pair of tails; ventral side with only postdiscal lines and cell-end bars (except R. pheretima View in CoL and Deudorix perse View in CoL ) apart from faint submarginal lines; male may have a swollen brand at the base of space 7 on the ventral hindwing.......................................................................... 2 Rapala View in CoL , Deudorix View in CoL (including Virachola Moore, 1881 View in CoL )

- One or two pairs of tails; ventral side with other spots as well or blank; male without a swollen brand at the base of space 7 on the ventral hindwing....................................................................... other Theclinae

2. Ventral bands always wide; hindwing band strongly broken, margins of band in space 6 and 7 not aligned; male without a swollen brand at the base of space 7 on the ventral hindwing............. Deudorix Hewitson, 1863 View in CoL (including Virachola View in CoL )

- Ventral bands narrow to wide; hindwing band mostly straight, margins of band in space 6 and 7 more or less aligned; male with a swollen brand at the base of space 7 on the ventral hindwing.................................. Rapala Moore, 1881 View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lycaenidae

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