Arhopala amantes amatrix

Arhopala amantes, <♂:♀>, Thailand, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Ditrysia Sectio: Cossina Subsectio: Bombycina Superfamilia: Papilionoidea Series: Papilioniformes

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Arhopalini
Genus: Arhopala
Species: Arhopala amantes
Subspecies: Arhopala amantes amatrix

Name

Arhopala amantes amatrix (de Nicéville, 1891)

Type Locality: Sri Lanka.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonyms

• Arhopala amatrix de Nicéville, 1891: 370, pl. G, figs 23,24.
• Narathura amantes amatrix (de Nicéville), Evans, 1957: 110.
• Arhopala amantes amatrix de Nicéville, Pinratana, 1981: 75, pl. 12 fig.2; Eliot, 1992: 442.

References

• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• Evans, W. H., 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 5(3): 85-141.
• de Nicéville, L., 1891. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6:341-398, 2 pls.
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.