Arhopala axiothea

Arhopala axiothea, ♂, New Guinea, from original description.

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 axiothea

Name

Arhopala axiothea (Hewitson, 1863).

Type Locality: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Kapaur.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonyms

• Amblypodia axiothea Hewitson, 1863: 7, pl. 2, figs 10, 11.
• Amblypodia crabyle Kirsch, 1877: 128, pl. 6, figs 10, 10a; Bridges, 1988: III.78.
• Arhopala strophe Grose-Smith, 1897: 366.
• Amblypodia crobyle [sic] (Kirsch), Parsons, 1998:395.
• Arhopala axiothea (Hewitson); Bethune-Baker, 1903: 153; Evans, 1957: 128.; D'Abrera, 1977: 316; Parsons, 1998: 395, pl. 60, figs 1624, 1627.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. 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.
• Bridges, C. A., 1988. Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bridges, Urbana, Illinois.
• 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.
• Grose-Smith, H., 1897. Descriptions of five new Species of Lycaenidae captured by Mr. Doherty, in the Tring Museum. Novit. zool. 4: 366-370.
• Kirsch, T., 1877. Beitrag zur kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauns von Neu Guinea. Mitt. zool. Mus. Dresden 1877: 103-134, 3 pls.
• Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-55555-0

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