Arhopala aurea

Arhopala aurea, ♂ from original description.

Arhopala aurea, ♀, Brunei.

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 aurea

Name

Arhopala aurea (Hewitson, 1862)

Type locality: Borneo, Sarawak.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, ex-A. R. Wallace collection.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia aurea Hewitson, 1862: 8, pl.8 figs 87,88.
• Arhopala tembaga Moulton, [1912]: 136, Sabah, Sandakan. HT: ♂ BMNH.
• Aurea aurea (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 126.
• Arhopala aurea (Hewitson), Seki et al, 1991: 66, Pl.41, L234; Eliot, 1992: 287, 420, Pl.43 figs 21,22, PL.69 fig.2, fig.262 genit.

References

• 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. 
• 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. Text, plate. Reference page. 
• Seki, Y. & Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo. Reference page. 

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