Arhopala centaurus nakula

Arhopala centaurus nakula.♂, ♀, Thailand.

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Arhopala centaurus nakula

Name

Arhopala centaurus nakula (Felder, C. & Felder, R., 1860).

Type locality: Malay Peninsula.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Felder colln., Lectotype, Rothschild bequest, BMNHE# 147896." Designated by Vane-Wright & Gaonkar, 2006: 306.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia nakula Felder & Felder, 1860: 395.
• Arhopala nakula (Felder); Felder & felder, 1865: 222, pl. 29, fig. 14; Moore, 1879: 835.
• Arhopala centaurus nakula (Felder); Corbet, 1941: fig. 70; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1956: 328; Vane-Wright & Gaonkar, 2006: 306.
• Arhopala pseudocentaurus nakula (Felder); Eliot in Corbet & Pendlebury, 1978: 285 et seq.

References

• Corbet, A.S. 1941. A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B)10: 149–170. PDF. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J.N. 1956 (Ed.). In Corbet, A.S. & Pendlebury, H.M., The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd Edition. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. xi+537 pp, 159 figs, 55 pls. Archive Reference page. 
• Eliot, J.N. 1978 (Ed.). In Corbet, A.S. & Pendlebury, H.M., The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 3rd Edition. xiv + 578 pp., 35 pls., 438 genitalia figs. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. Reference page. 
• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1860. Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 4(12): 394–402. BHL Reference page. 
• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–1875. 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: Zweite Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. BHL Plates Reference page. 
• Moore, F. [1879]. A list of the Lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(4): 821–859, pls. 51–53. 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.