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Hestina japonica

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae

Taxonomy
Apatura japonica was named by Felder and Felder (1862). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hestina japonica by Fujiyama (1983) and Sohn et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Apatura japonica Felder and Felder
1983Hestina japonica Fujiyama p. 122 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
2012Hestina japonica Sohn et al. p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
—Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
—CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
—EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Euheteroneura
—DitrysiaBorner 1925
—ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
—ObtectomeraMinet 1986
superfamilyPapilionoidea
familyNymphalidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNymphalinaeSwinson 1827
genusHestinaWestwood 1850
speciesjaponica(Felder and Felder 1862)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Hestina japonica Felder and Felder 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available