Pirdana distanti

Pirdana distanti Staud. a. male b. female c. larva not quite full grown d. larva before the last moulting

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Pirdana
Species: Pirdana distanti
Subspecies: P. d. distanti –P. d. pavona –P. d. spenda
Name

Pirdana distanti Staudinger, 1889.

Type Locality: Malacca.

Holotype: tbc.
Synonymy

Pirdana (Hesperia) hyela distanti Staudinger, 1889: 141.
=Pirdana distanti niasica Fruhstorfer, 1916: 58; synonymy in Evans, 1932: 387.
Pirdana distanti Staudinger; Seitz, 1927: 1102.
Pirdana distanti distanti Staudinger; Evans, 1932: 387; Evans, 1949: 339.

References

Evans, W.H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies, Edn.2 revised, 454pp., 32 pls. Madras. 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.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1916. Neue Hesperidenrassen. Entomologische Zeitschrift 30(1) 58. 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 i-v, 1-14, 17-278, i-iv, 1-11; pls 1-12, 1a-6a. London. Vol.1 plates. Reference page.
Seitz, A. 1910–1924. Die Amerikanischen Tagfalter. in Grossschmettelinge Erde 5: 3–1139, pls 1–194. Alfred Kernan, Stuttgart. Reference page.
Staudinger, O. 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (Iris) 2(1): 3–180, pls. 1,2. Reference page.