Arhopala atrax

Arhopala atrax, ♂, ♀, Burma, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel.

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 atrax

Name

Arhopala atrax (Hewitson, 1862).

Type locality: India, Bengal.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia atrax Hewitson, 1862: 13, pl.7 figs 80,82.
• Arhopala alemon de Nicéville, 1891: 371, Pl.F, Figs 20,21. Burma.
• Arhopala hewitsoni Bethune-Baker, 1903: 132, Pl.3 fig.9, Pl.5, figs 23,23a genit.
• Narathura atrax (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 105.
• Arhopala atrax (Hewitson), Pinratana, 1981: 87, Pl.14, fig.7.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17(1): 3–164, 5 pls. text, plates. 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. 
• de Nicéville, L. 1891. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 341–398, pls F,G.. Reference page. 
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

বাংলা: বুটি রাংচিতি
English: Indian Oakblue

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