Arhopala chamaeleona

Arhopala chamaeleona, <♂:♀>, Papua New Guinea, John Tennent photos.

Taxonavigation

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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 chamaeleona
Subspecies: A. c. chamaeleona – A. c. maputi – A. c. mizunumai – A. c. rileyi – A. c. susyae

Name

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Arhopala chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, Upper Aroa River. (A. S. Meek), iii.1903.

Synonymy

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  • Arhopala chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903: 217.
  • Arhopala elagabulus Fruhstorfer, 1914: 124. BMNH, Aroa River.
  • Arhopala restricta Rothschild, 1916: 36.
  • Arhopala heliogabulus Fruhstorfer, Seitz, 1926; mis-spelling of elagabulus Fruh.
  • Narathura chamaeleona Bethune-Baker; Evans, 1957: 112.
  • Arhopala elegabulus [sic], Fruhstorfer; Parsons, 1998: 386.

References

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  • The Papua Insects Foundation, images.
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