Arhopala alitaeus

Arhopala alitaeus mira, ♂, ♀, Borneo, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel.

Arhopala alitaeus, ♂, from original description, Sulawesi, Macassar.

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 alitaeus
Subspecies: A. a. alitaeus – A. a. calayana – A. a. magellanus – A. a. masarana – A. a. mindanensis – A. a. mira – A. a. mirabella – A. a. myrtale – A. a. panta – A. a. pardenas – A. a. zilensis

Name

Arhopala alitaeus (Hewitson, 1862).

Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi, Macassar.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia alitaeus Hewitson, 1862: 7, Pl.5, Figs 45,46.
• Amblypodia viviana Röber, 1887:200, pl.9, figs 11,13; Lectotype ♂ MTKD, Sulawesi, Banggai Is., designated by Takanami, 1989: 50.
• Narathura alitaeus (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 106.
• Narathura mindanensis Bethune-Baker; Evans, 1957: 106.
• Narathura mindanensis zilensis Fruhstorfer; Evans, 1957: 106.
• Arhopala alitaeus Pinratana, 1981: 86, Pl.14, fig.4; Eliot, 1992: 282, Pl.41, figs 18,19, Pl.66, fig.17; Treadaway, 1995: 75,76; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 123.

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. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok. Reference page. 
• Röber, J., 1887. Neue Schmetterlinge aus Indien. Correspbl. ent. Ver. Iris 1(4): 185-202, pls. 7-9. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C.G. 2002. Zur kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 16 (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 23(3): 135–139. PDF. 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. 
• 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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