Arhopala cleander malayica

Arhopala cleander malayica, ♂, Philippines, 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 cleander
Subspecies: Arhopala cleander malayica

Name

Arhopala cleander malayica Bethune-Baker, 1903.

Type locality: Philippines.

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Arhopala malayica Bethune-Baker, 1903: 71, pl.2 fig.2.
• Narathura silhetensis malayica (Bethune-Baker), Evans, 1957: 102.
• Narathura cleander sugimotoi H. Hayashi, 1981: 70, figs 11,12. Leyte, Saint Bernard, Catmon. Holotype: NSMT. male ♂. 4.VIII.1978. Synonymised by Takanami & Seki.
• Arhopala silhetensis malayica Bethune-Baker; D'Abrera, 1986: 565.
• Arhopala cleander malayica Bethune-Baker; Treadaway, 1995: 75; Takanami & Seki, consulted 21/10/2011.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17(1): 3–164, 5 pls. text, plates. 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. 
• Hayashi, H. 1981. New Lycaenid butterflies from the Philippines. Tyô to Ga 32(1,2): 363–382. Reference page. 
• Treadaway, C.G. 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 14: 7–118. Reference page.