Arhopala ammon

Arhopala ammon, ♂, Singapore, from original description.

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 ammon
Subspecies: A. a. ammon – A. a. sarawaca

Name

Arhopala ammon (Hewitson, 1862).

Type locality: Singapore.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonymy

• Amblypodia ammon Hewitson, 1862: 9, pl.5, figs 49,50.
• Narathura ammon (Hewitson); Distant, 1885: 272.
• Arhopala ammon (Hewitson); De Nicéville, 1890: 243; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 143; Seki et al, 1991: 67, L242; Parsons, 1998: 393, pl. 59, figs 1600-1604.
• Arrhopala ammon [sic] (Hewitson); De Nicéville & Martin, 1895: 470.
• Arhopala ammon prasia Fruhstorfer, 1914: 157, Maluku, Ambon, BMNH.

References

• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville & Martin, L., [1895]. A list of butterflies of Sumatra with special reference to the species occurring in the North-East of the island. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (2)64(3): 357-555. Reference page. 
• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., [1914]. Neue Arhopala rassen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 27(4): 155–166. 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. 
• Moulton, J. C. [1912]. A list of the butterflies of Borneo with descriptions of new species (3). J. Straits Brch. R. asiat. Soc. 60(1911): 73-177, pl.8. Reference page. 

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