Arhopala tephlis

Arhopala tephlis, ♂, Halmahera, from original description by Hewitson, 1869.

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 tephlis
Subspecies: A. t. bicolora – A. t. mulleri – A. t. tephlis – A. t. unnoi

Name

Arhopala tephlis (Hewitson, [1869]).

Type locality: Maluku, Halmahera, "Gilolo".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia tephlis Hewitson, 1869: 14d, pl.3c figs 57,58.
• Narathura tephlis (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 109.
• Arhopala tephlis (bicolora) (Hewitson), Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 123.

References

• 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. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Rawlins, A., Cassidy, A. & Schröder, S., 2018. An illustrated and annotated checklist of Arhopala, Boisduval, 1832, taxa in North Maluku and Maluku (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Pt.2. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 39(1): 21–37. Reference page. 
• Treadaway, C.G. & Schröder, H.G. 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 32 (Suppl. 20): 64pp. Reference page. 
• Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 3–267, figs 1–14, pls 1–16. Online. Reference page. 

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