Arhopala axiothea

Arhopala axiothea, ♂, New Guinea, 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 axiothea

Name

Arhopala axiothea (Hewitson, 1863).

Type locality: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Kapaur.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia axiothea Hewitson, 1863: 7, pl.2, figs 10,11 ♂.
• Amblypodia crabyle Kirsch, 1877: 128, pl.6 figs 10,10a ♀; Bridges, 1988: III.78.
• Arhopala strophe Grose-Smith, 1897: 366.
• Amblypodia crobyle [sic] (Kirsch), Parsons, 1998: 395.
• Arhopala axiothea (Hewitson); Bethune-Baker, 1903: 153; Evans, 1957: 128; D'Abrera, 1977: 316; Parsons, 1998: 395, pl.60 figs 1624,1627.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL 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. 
• Grose-Smith, H., 1897. Descriptions of five new Species of Lycaenidae captured by Mr. Doherty, in the Tring Museum. Novit. zool. 4: 366-370. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Kirsch, T. 1877. Beitrag zur kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauna von Neu Guinea. Mittheilungen aus dem Königlichen Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden 103–134, pls 5–7. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.

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