Arhopala anarte

Arhopala anarte, ♂, from original description by Hewitson, 1862.

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 anarte
Subspecies: A. a. anarte – A. a. auzea – A. a. tanimitsui

Name

Arhopala anarte (Hewitson, 1862).

Type locality: Uncertain, possibly Singapore or Sumatra.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonymy

• Amblypodia anarte Hewitson, 1862: 5, pl.3, figs 16,17.
• Arhopala anarte morphicolor Corbet, 1941: 152. BMNH. Synonymy in Eliot, 1992.
• Narathura anarte (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 90.
• Arhopala anarte (Hewitson), Eliot, 1992: 269, 277, 418, pl. 39, fig. 5, pl. 64, fig. 5.

References

• Corbet, A.S. 1941. A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B)10: 149–170. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Saito, K. & Seki, Y., [2004]. Four new taxa of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 38: 44-47. Reference page. 

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