Arhopala nobilis alce

Arhopala nobilis alce, ♂, from original description. ♀ recte alcestis.

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 nobilis
Subspecies: Arhopala nobilis alce

Name

Arhopala nobilis alce (Hewitson, 1862).

Type locality: Indonesia, Maluku "Aru", probably Halmahera.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonyms

• Amblypodia alce Hewitson, 1862: 5, pl. 3, figs 18-20.
• Arhopala alce (Hewitson), Bethune-Baker, 1903: 76, pl. 5, figs 1, 1a.
• Arhopala nobilis ajusa Fruhstorfer, [1914]: 164. Type ♂ Halmahera BMNH.
• Narathura nobilis alce (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 108.
• Arhopala nobilis alce (Hewitson), D'Abrera, 1977: 310.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Melbourne.
• 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.
• Fruhstorfer, H., [1914]. Neue Arhopala rassen. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 27(4): 155-166.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls.