Arhopala centaurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Arhopala centaurus
Subspecies: (12) [after Vane-Wright & Gaonkar, 2006]
A. c. aglais – A. c. babuyana – A. c. centaurus – A. c. centenitus – A. c. coruscans – A. c. cuyoensis – A. c. decimarie – A. c. dinacola – A. c. dixoni – A. c. nakula – A. c. pirama – A. c. pirithous

Name

Arhopala centaurus (Fabricius, 1775).

Type locality: "Nova Hollandia" recte Indonesia, Java, (near Jakarta).

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "BMNHE# 668233, Banks Collection"; designated by Vane-Wright & Gaonkar, 2006: 303.

Synonymy

Papilio centaurus Fabricius, 1775: 520, no. 329.
Polyommatus centaurus (Fabricius); Godart, 1824: 658.
Amblypodia centaurus (Fabricius); Horsfield, 1829: 102.
Amblypodia pseudocentaurus Doubleday, 1847: 24 et seq. Lectotype ♀ Indonesia, Java, BMNHE# 147889; re-synonymised and designated by Vane-Wright & Gaonkar, 2006: 302. Paralectotype: ♂ OUMNH images.
Arhopala centaurus (Fabricius), Felder & Felder, 1865: 223, et seq; Vane-Wright & Gaonkar, 2006: 296.
Nilasera centaurus (Fabricius); Moore, 1881: 115.
Narathura centaurus (Fabricius); Distant, 1885: 261; Evans, 1957: 113.
Arhopala centaurus pseudocentaurus (Doubleday); Fruhstorfer, 1914: 158; Corbet, 1941: 163.
Arhopala pseudocentaurus (Doubleday); Corbet & Pendlebury, 1978: 285 et seq.

References

Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page.
Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page.
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.
Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page.
Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., [1914]. Neue Arhopala rassen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 27(4): 155–166. BHL. Reference page.
Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page.
Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page.
Moore, F. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. Reference page.
Schröder, S. 2015. The Arhopala centaurus-group of Evans (1957) in Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). SUGAPA (Suara Serangga Papua) 03/2015; 9(1): 1–22. Reference page.
Vane-Wright, R.I. & Gaonkar, H. 2006. The Arhopala butterflies described by Fabricius: A. centaurus is from Java, A. democritus from Phuket (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomological Science 9(3): 295–311. ResearchGate Reference page.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: গরান রাংচিতি
English: centaur oakblue