Arhopala chamaeleona chamaeleona

Arhopala chamaeleona, <♂:♀>, Papua New Guinea, John Tennent photos.

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 chamaeleona
Subspecies: Arhopala chamaeleona chamaeleona

Name

Arhopala chamaeleona chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903

Type locality: Papua New Guinea.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, Upper Aroa River. (A. S. Meek), iii.1903.

Synonyms

• Arhopala chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903: 217.
• Arhopala elagabulus Fruhstorfer, 1914: 124. BMNH, Aroa River.
• Arhopala restricta Rothschild, 1916: 36.
• Arhopala heliagabulus Fruhstorfer, Seitz, 1926; mis-spelling of elagabulus Fruh.
• Narathura chamaeleona chamaeleona Bethune-Baker; Evans, 1957: 112.
• Arhopala elegabulus [sic], Fruhstorfer; Parsons, 1998: 386.
• Arhopala chamaeleona chamaeleona Bethune-Baker; Parsons, 1998: 386, pl. 56, figs 1511-1513.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A new species of Arhopala from British New Guinea. Ent. mon. Mag. 39: 217. 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.
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1914. Neue Arhopala Rassen. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 28(2): 121-137.
• Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-55555-0
• Rothschild, W., 1916. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea. Macrolepidoptera. 182 pp., 2 pls. Tring.
• Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.