Arhopala centaurus pirama

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: Arhopala centaurus pirama

Name

Arhopala centaurus pirama Moore, 1881.

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Nilasera pirama Moore, 1881: 116, pl. 43, figs 3, 3a-c.
• =Arhopala coruscans Wood-Mason & de Nicéville; Swinhoe, 1911: 149.
• Narathure centaurus pirama (Moore); Evans, 1957: 113.
• Arhopala centaurus pirama (Moore); Vane-Wright & Gaonkar, 2006: 304.

References

• 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. 
• 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. 
• Swinhoe, C., 1911. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 8 (1910-1911) Lycaenidae. x + 293 pp., pls 640-705a. London. text, plates. 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.