Arhopala atrax

Arhopala atrax, <♂: ♀>, 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 atrax

Name

Arhopala atrax (Hewitson, 1862).

Type Locality: India, Bengal.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH

Synonyms

• Amblypodia atrax Hewitson, 1862: 13.
• Arhopala alemon de Nicéville, 1891: 371, Pl. F, Figs 20,21. Burma.
• Arhopala hewitsoni Bethune-Baker, 1903: 132, Pl. 3, fig. 9, Pl. 5, figs 23,23a.
• Narathura atrax (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 105.
• Arhopala atrax (Hewitson), Pinratana, 1981: 87, Pl. 14, fig. 7.

References

• 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.
• 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.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls.
• 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.

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