Arhopala agesilaus

Arhopala agesilaus, ♂, from original description, Palawan.

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 agesilaus
Subspecies: A. a. agesilaus – A. a. gesa – A. a. philippa

Name

Arhopala agesilaus (Staudinger, 1889)

Type locality: Philippines, Palawan.

Lectotype: ♂ MNHU, Palawan, designated by Takanami, 1989: 27.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia agesilaus Staudinger, 1889: 127, pl.1, fig.17.
• Narathura agesilaus (Staudinger), Evans, 1957: 96.
• Arhopala agesilaus (Staudinger), Pinratana, 1981: 80, Pl. 13, fig. 4, pl. 36, figs 3,6; Seki et al, 1991: 58, pl. 32 L174; Eliot, 1992: 281, Pl. 40, figs 6,7, Pl. 65, fig. 16; Treadaway, 1995: 74.

References

• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. 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. 
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok. Reference page. 
• Seki, Y. & Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O. 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (Iris) 2(1): 3–180, pls. 1,2. Reference page. 
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80. PDF. 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. 

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