Arhopala chamaeleona rileyi

Arhopala chamaeleona rileyi, Maluku, Seram, John Tennent photos.

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 chamaeleona
Subspecies: Arhopala chamaeleona rileyi

Name

Arhopala chamaeleona rileyi Joicey & Talbot, 1922.

Type locality: Indonesia, Maluku, Seram.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, Mansuela, 3,000 ft, Oct, Nov, (C. F. & J. Pratt).

Synonyms

• Arhopala rileyi Joicey & Talbot, 1922: 355.
• Narathura chamaeleona rileyi (Joicey & Talbot), Evans, 1957: 112.
• Arhopala chamaeleona riley Joicey & Talbot; Tennent & Rawlins, 2010.

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. 
• Joicey, J. J. and Talbot, G., 1922. New forms of Lycaenidae from Ceram and New Ireland. Bull. Hill. Mus. 1(2): 354–356. BHL. Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J. & Rawlins A., 2010: Notes on Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 from Sulawesi and Maluku, including new subspecies of A. argentea Staudinger, 1888, A. chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903, and A. azenia (Hewitson, [1863]) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo N.F. 31 (1/2): 9–16.