Arhopala leo

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 leo

Name

Arhopala leo Druce, 1894.

Type locality: Waigeo.

Holotype: ♂ not located

Synonymy

• Arhopala leo Druce, 1894: 254; Rothschild, 1915: 141; Parsons, 1998: 383, pl. 55, figs 1471-1476.
• Arhopala hercules leo (var.) Druce; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 28.
• Amblypodia telephus Toxopeus, 1930: 166, ♂ S.W. New Guinea RMNH.
• Amblypodia leonidas Toxopeus, 1930: 167, ♂ Salawatti RMNH.
• Narathura hercules leo (Druce), Evans, 1957: 100.
• Narathura hercules droa Evans, 1957: 100, ♂ Aroa River BMNH. Synonymised by Parsons, 1998: 383.
• Narathura hercules louisa Evans, 1957: 100, ♂ Sudest Island BMNH. Synonymised by Parsons, 1998: 383.
• Arhopala hercules leo Druce, D'Abrera, 1977: 308.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, 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. 
• Druce, H.H. 1894. Descriptions of three new Lycaenidae from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 13: 252–255. 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. BHL Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. 1915. On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram, Buru, Bali and Misol. Novit. Zool. 22(1): 105–144; 22(2): 209–227.Reference page. 
• Toxopeus, L. J., 1930. De soorte als functie van Plaats en Tijd, 198 pp., 4 pls. Amsterdam. Reference page. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.