Arhopala ammonides

Arhopala ammonides, ♂, from Bethune-Baker, 1903.

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 ammonides
Subspecies: A. a. ammonides – A. a. bowringi – A. a. chunsu – A. a. elira – A. a. kalabakana – A. a. monava

Name

Arhopala ammonides (Doherty, 1891).

Type Locality: Burma, Tenasserim.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonyms

• Acesina ammonides Doherty, 1891: 34.
• Arhopala ammonides (Doherty); Bethune-Baker, 1903: 143, pl. 3, fig 31; D'Abrera, 1986: 581; Seki et al, 1991: 67, L242; Eliot, 1992: 288, 421, pl. 43, figs 18,19, pl. 69, fig. 10.
• Panchala ammonides (Doherty); Evans, 1957: 130.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 17(1): 3-164, 5 pls.
• Doherty, W., 1891. New and rare Indian Lycaenidae. J. asiat. Soc. Beng.. 60(1): 32-37, 1 pl.
• 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.
• Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.

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