Arhopala bazalus bazalus

Arhopala bazalus from original description.

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 bazalus
Subspecies: Arhopala bazalus bazalus

Name

Arhopala bazalus bazalus (Hewitson, 1862)

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia bazalus Hewitson, 1862: 8, pl.4, figs 37,38.
• Arhopala bazalus nebenius Fruhstorfer, 1914: 131. Sumatra, Battak Mountains.
• Arhopala bazalus pratinas Fruhstorfer, 1914: 131. West Java.
• Narathura bazalus (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 110.
• Arhopala bazalus bazalus (Hewitson), Eliot, 1992: 285, 420, pl.42, figs 13,14, pl.68 fig.17.

References

• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. 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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1914. Neue Arhopala Rassen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 28(2): 121–137. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Saito, K. & Seki, Y., [2004]. Four new taxa of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 38: 44-47. Reference page. 
• Treadaway, C.G. & Schröder, H.G. 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 32 (Suppl. 20): 64pp. Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

日本語: ムラサキツバメ（紫燕）
中文: 燕尾紫灰蝶