Arhopala hercules hercules

Arhopala hercules hercules, ♂, Indonesia, Sulawesi, 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 hercules
Subspecies: Arhopala hercules hercules

Name

Arhopala hercules hercules (Hewitson, 1862).

Type locality: Indonesia, S. Sulawesi, Makassar.

Holotype: ♂ not located

Synonyms

• Amblypodia hercules Hewitson, 1862: 3, pl. 8, figs 92, 93.
• Arhopala hercules (Hewitson); Bethune-Baker, 1903: 28, pl. 4, figs 6, 6a; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 123; Parsons, 1998: 382.
• Narathura hercules (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 100.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 17(1): 3-164, 5 pls.
• 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.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls.
• Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-55555-0
• Vane-Wright, R. I. & de Jong, R., 2003. The Butterflies of Sulawesi, NMNH, Leiden.