Arhopala epimete

Arhopala epimete duessa, ♂♂, Thailand.

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 epimete
Subspecies: A. e. duessa – A. e. epimete – A. e. magindana – A. e. suedas

Name

Arhopala epimete (Staudinger, 1889)

Type Locality: Philippines, Palawan.

Lectotype: ♂ MNHU, designated by Takanami, 1989: 28.

Synonyms

• Amblypodia epimete Staudinger, 1889: 128, pl. 2, fig. 2.
• Narathura epimete (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 119.
• Arhopala epimete (Staudinger), Pinratana, 1981: 97, Pl. 16, figs 7,8; Seki et al, 1991: 63, pl. 39 L225; Eliot, 1992: 287, Pl. 43, fig. 3, Pl. 68, fig. 11; Treadaway, 1995: 77.

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.
• 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.
• Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80.
• Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachr. entomol. Apollo Suppl.14: 7-118.

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