Arhopala birmana

Arhopala birmana, ♂, Burma, from de Nicéville, 1891, description of Acesina arisba.

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 birmana
Subspecies: A. b. asakurae – A. b. birmana – A. b. hiurai

Name

Arhopala birmana (Moore, [1884]).

Type locality: Burma, Karen Hills, Toungu.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Panchala birmana Moore, [1884]: 531; Evans, 1957: 129.
• Arhopala birmana (Moore); de Nicéville, 1890: 274; Grose-Smith, [1898] Vol. 3: pl.XV, figs 1,2; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 144; D'Abrera, 1986: 580.
• Acesina arisba de Nicéville, 1891: 369, pl.F, fig.19.
• Arhopala birmana corthatha Fruhstorfer, 1914: 137, Hong Kong, ♂.
• Arhopala dascia Swinhoe, 1917: 409.
• Amblypodia maymoica Tytler, 1926: 588.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, 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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1914. Neue Lycaenidae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 28(1): 33–35; (2): 121-137. BHL1; BHL2. Reference page. 
• Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521-535, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. 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. 
• Swinhoe, C., 1917. New species of Indo-Malayan lepidoptera. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 8(19): 409-416; 8(20): 407-412. Reference page. 
• Tytler, H. C., 1926. Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from India and Burma, Pts. I-II. The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 31(2): 248-260 2 pls, 31(3) 579-590, 3 pls. Reference page. 
• Treadaway, C.G. & Schröder, H.G. 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 32 (Suppl. 20): 64pp. Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

বাংলা: মায়ানমারেজ বুশব্লু
English: Myanmarese Bushblue