Arhopala elopura

Arhopala elopura, ♂, Brunei, 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 elopura
Subspecies: A. e. dama – A. e. elopura

Name

Arhopala elopura Druce, 1894.

Type Locality: Borneo, Elopura.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonyms

• Arhopala elopura Druce, 1894: 10.
• Narathura pseudomuta elopura (Druce), Evans, 1957: 107.
• Arhopala elopura elopura Druce; Seki et al, 1991: 61, Pl. 35 L196; Eliot, 1992: 282, Pl. 41, figs 5,6, Pl. 66, fig. 13.

References

• Druce, H. H., 1894. Note on a species of Lampides, recently described by Mr. de Nicéville, and description of a new Arhopala from Borneo. Ent. mon. Mag. 30: 9-10.
• 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.
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.
• Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.

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