Arhopala

Arhopala paramuta

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Arhopalini
Genus: Arhopala
Species (Alphabetic):
A. aberrans – A. ace – A. acetes – A. achelous – A. acron – A. acta – A. adherbal – A. admete – A. aedias – A. aenigma – A. aexone – A. agaba – A. agelastus – A. agesias – A. agesilaus – A. agrata – A. aida – A. alaconia – A. alax – A. alea – A. alesia – A. alexandrae – A. alica – A. alitaeus – A. alkisthenes – A. allata – A. amantes – A. ammon – A. ammonides – A. amphimuta – A. anamuta – A. anarte – A. ander – A. anella – A. annulata – A. antharita – A. anthelus – A. antimuta – A. apurpurosa – A. araxes – A. argentea – A. ariana – A. arianaga – A. ariel – A. aroa – A. aronya – A. arsenius – A. arta – A. aruana – A. arvina – A. asinarus – A. asma – A. asopia – A. ate – A. athada – A. atosia – A. atrax – A. aura – A. aurea – A. aurelia – A. auxesia – A. avatha – A. avathina – A. axina – A. axiothea – A. azenia – A. azinis – A. baluensis – A. barami – A. bazaloides – A. bazalus – A. bella – A. belphoebe – A. birmana – A. borneensis – A. brillantina – A. brooksiana – A. buddha – A. caeca – A. camdana – A. camdeo – A. cardoni – A. centaurus – A. chamaeleona – A. cleander – A. comica – A. corinda – A. critala – A. curiosa – A. dajagaka – A. davaona – A. delta – A. democritus – A. denta – A. dispar – A. disparilis – A. dodonaea – A. dohertyi – A. doreena – A. elizabethae – A. elopura – A. epimete – A. epimuta – A. eridanus – A. eucolpis – A. eumolphus – A. eupolis – A. eurisus – A. evansi – A. florinda – A. fulla – A. ganesa – A. grandimuta – A. halma – A. halmaheira – A. havilandi – A. hayashihisakazui – A. helianthes – A. hellada – A. hellenore – A. hellenoroides – A. hercules – A. herculina – A. hesba – A. hinigugma – A. horsfieldi – A. hylander – A. hypomuta – A. ijanensis – A. ilocana – A. inornata – A. irma – A. irregularis – A. japonica – A. johoreana – A. khamti – A. kinabala – A. kiriwinii – A. kurzi – A. labuana – A. lata – A. leander – A. leo – A. lurida – A. luzonensis – A. madytus – A. major – A. matsutaroi – A. meander – A. metamuta – A. micale – A. milleri – A. mimsyi – A. moolaiana – A. moorei – A. muta – A. myrtha – A. myrzala – A. myrzalina – A. nicevillei – A. nishiyamai – A. nobilis – A. normani – A. norda – A. ocrida – A. oenea – A. oenotria – A. opalina – A. ormistoni – A. overdijkinki – A. pagenstecheri – A. paraganesa – A. paralea – A. paramuta – A. perimuta – A. phaenops – A. phanda – A. philander – A. pseudomuta – A. pseudovihara – A. qiongdaoensis – A. quercoides – A. rama – A. rudepoema – A. sakaguchii – A. sangira – A. sceva – A. selta – A. semperi – A. silhetensis – A. similis – A. simoni – A. singla – A. sintanga – A. sophilus – A. sophrosyne – A. sorena – A. staudingeri – A. stinga – A. straatmani – A. stubbsi – A. sublustris – A. tameanga – A. tephlis – A. thamyras – A. theba – A. tindali – A. tindongani – A. tomokoae – A. trionoea – A. trogon – A. tropaea – A. tyrannus – A. varro – A. vihara – A. viola – A. wanda – A. weelii – A. wildei – A. wildeyana – A. zambra – A. zeta – A. zylda

Species Groups:[edit]

abseus species group[edit]

Species: A. anella – A. irregularis

Note: not an especially useful group name now that abseus has been transferred to Flos.

agrata species group[edit]

Species: A. ace – A. agrata – A. azinis

alitaeus species group[edit]

Species: A. aida – A. alitaeus – A. ariana – A. arianaga – A. denta – A. elopura – A. havilandi – A. myrtha – A. nishiyamai – A. pseudomuta – A. sintanga – A. straatmani

amphimuta species group[edit]

amphimuta species subgroup[edit]

Species: A. alica – A. amphimuta – A. anamuta – A. avathina – A. baluensis – A. dajagaka – A. delta – A. hesba – A. inornata – A. kurzi – A. major – A. moolaiana – A. norda – A. sceva – A. stubbsi – A. zylda

muta species subgroup[edit]

Species: A. moorei – A. muta – A. tropaea

perimuta species subgroup[edit]

Species: A. antimuta – A. davaona – A. metamuta – A. perimuta

anthelus species group[edit]

Species: A. achelous – A. alexandrae – A. antharita – A. anthelus – A. auxesia – A. brooksiana – A. eridanus – A. hypomuta – A. viola

aurea species group[edit]

Species: A. aurea – A. borneensis – A. caeca – A. stinga – A. trogon

camdeo species group[edit]

camdeo species subgroup[edit]

Species: A. anarte – A. annulata – A. belphoebe – A. camdana – A. camdeo – A. dispar – A. hayashihisakazui – A. hellada – A. johoreana – A. opalina – A. semperi – A. varro

myrzala species subgroup[edit]

Species: A. acetes – A. bazaloides – A. myrzala – A. myrzalina – A. tephlis

centaurus species group[edit]

Species: A. adherbal – A. aexone – A. alkisthenes – A. amantes – A. ander – A. araxes – A. centaurus – A. eucolpis – A. eupolis – A. eurisus – A. hylander – A. kiriwinii – A. lata – A. leander – A. madytus – A. meander – A. micale – A. mimsyi – A. philander – A. sophrosyne – A. sorena – A. tindali – A. wanda

cleander species group[edit]

alea species subgroup[edit]

Species: A. aenigma – A. agaba – A. alea – A. aroa – A. aurelia – A. evansi – A. milleri – A. normani – A. ormistoni – A. phaenops – A. phanda – A. selta – A. sublustris – A. vihara

cleander species subgroup[edit]

Species: A. aruana – A. ate – A. athada – A. cleander – A. nicevillei – A. quercoides – A. rudepoema – A. silhetensis – A. zambra

epimuta species group[edit]

Species: A. atosia – A. brillantina – A. epimuta – A. lurida

eumolphus species group[edit]

Species: A. acta – A. asma – A. bazalus – A. bella – A. chamaeleona – A. corinda – A. critala – A. eumolphus – A. florinda – A. halma – A. halmaheira – A. hellenore – A. horsfieldi – A. irma – A. nobilis – A. overdijkinki – A. pagenstecheri – A. singla – A. staudingeri – A. tameanga – A. tindongani – A. wildei

fulla species group[edit]

Species: A. acron – A. admete – A. azenia – A. disparilis – A. fulla

ganesa species group[edit]

Species: A. aberrans – A. ammon – A. ammonides – A. apurpurosa – A. ariel – A. birmana – A. elizabethae – A. ganesa – A. paraganesa – A. tomokoae – A. weelii

hercules species group[edit]

Species: A. hercules – A. herculina – A. leo – A. sophilus – A. tyrannus

oenea species group[edit]

Species: A. allata – A. khamti – A. oenea

rama species group[edit]

Species: A. arvina – A. buddha – A. comica – A. curiosa – A. dodonaea – A. japonica – A. paralea – A. paramuta – A. rama

thamyras species group[edit]

Species: A. arta – A. axina – A. axiothea – A. doreena – A. helianthes – A. thamyras

theba species group[edit]

Species: A. argentea – A. aronya – A. matsutaroi – A. sangira – A. theba

incertae sedis[edit]

Species: A. hellenoroides – A. qiongdaoensis – A. simoni

Name[edit]

Arhopala Boisduval, 1832

Type species: Arhopala phryxus Boisduval, 1832

Synonymy[edit]

Arhopala Boisduval, 1832: 75.
Narathura Moore, 1879 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Nilasera Moore, 1881 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Panchala Moore, 1882 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Acesina Moore, 1884 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Daranasa Moore, 1884 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Satadra Moore, 1884 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Aurea W.H. Evans, 1957 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Iois Doherty, 1889 unavailable nomen nudum (see Cowan 1970)

References[edit]

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Boisduval, J.B. 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc). Part 1. Paris. J Tastu, 267 pp. Text, plates 1–12. Reference page.
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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. BHL Reference page.
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Seki, Y., 2005. A revision of Arhopala aedias (Hewitson, 1862) and its allied species from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 41: 19-26. Reference page.
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Vernacular names[edit]

中文: 嬈灰蝶屬

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