Laxita thuisto

Laxita thuisto is an Indomalayan[2] species in the butterfly family Riodinidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861.

Laxita thuisto
Female ventral
Specimens in Museum Wiesbaden
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Laxita
Species:
L. thuisto
Binomial name
Laxita thuisto
(Hewitson, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Taxila thuisto Hewitson, 1861
  • Taxila thuisto eutyches Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Taxila thuisto ephorus Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Taxila thuisto melanotica Riley, 1945
  • Taxila thuisto therikles Fruhstorfer, 1912

Subspecies

  • L. t. thuisto (Peninsular Burma, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore)
  • L. t. eutyches (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (southern Borneo, Pulau Laut, Palawan)
  • L. t. ephorus (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (northern Borneo)
  • L. t. melanotica (Riley, 1945) (Mentawai)
  • L. t. sawaja (Fruhstorfer, [1914]) (Burma, Mergui, Thailand)
  • L. t. therikles (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Sumatra, Bangka)
  • L. t. esther Doubleday (Java)[3]

References

  1. Hewitson, 1861. Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. Savela, Markku. "Laxita thuisto (Hewitson, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
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