Arhopala elopura

Arhopala elopura, ♂, Borneo, Sabah, Kinabalu, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel.

Arhopala elopura, ♂, Brunei, Alan Cassidy coll.

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 elopura
Subspecies: A. e. dama – A. e. elopura

Name

Arhopala elopura Druce, 1894.

Type locality: Borneo, Elopura.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Arhopala elopura Druce, 1894: 10.
• Narathura pseudomuta elopura (Druce), Evans, 1957: 107.
• Arhopala elopura elopura Druce; Seki et al, 1991: 61, Pl.35 L196; Eliot, 1992: 282, Pl.41 figs 5-6, Pl.66 fig.13.

References

• Druce, H.H. 1894. Note on a species of Lampides, recently described by Mr. de Nicéville, and description of a new Arhopala from Borneo. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 30: 9–10. BHL. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. 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. 
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok. 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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