Arhopala eridanus

Arhopala eridanus, ♂,♀ Indonesia, Maluku, Bacan, Seram, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel.

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 eridanus
Subspecies: A. e. davalma – A. e. dilutior – A. e. elfeta – A. e. eridanus – A. e. lewara – A. e. padus

Name

Arhopala eridanus (C. Felder, 1860).

Type locality: Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia eridanus Felder, 1860: 452.
• Amblypodia polita Röber, 1887: 199, pl.9 fig.14. Holotype ♂ MTKD per Takanami, 1989: 51.
• Arhopala padus itama Ribbe, 1926: 88; = A. e. lewara Ribbe, 1926: 87. Lectotype ♀ MTKD, W. C. Sulawesi, designated by Takanami, 1989: 51.
• Narathura eridanus (Felder), Evans, 1957: 89.
• Narathura hayashii Detani, 1983: 55; = A. e. lewara Ribbe, 1926: 87.
• Arhopala eridanus (Felder), D'Abrera, 1977: 312; Treadaway, 1995: 74; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 122, pl.7 fig.7.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Detani, H., 1983. Butterflies of Peleng island. IWASE 1: 6–60, 63-72.
• 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. 
• Felder, C. 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium species novae diagnosibus. S-B. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40(11): 447–468. BHL Reference page. 
• Ribbe, C. 1926. Neue Lycaenenformen, hauptsächlich von Celebes. Entomologische Mitteilungen 15: 78–91. PDF. Reference page. 
• Röber, J., 1887. Neue Schmetterlinge aus Indien. Correspbl. ent. Ver. Iris 1(4): 185-202, pls. 7-9. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C.G. 2006. Eine zweite unterart von Arhopala eridanus (C. Felder 1860) von den Philippinen. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 27(4): 201-203. Reference page. 
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80. PDF. Reference page. 
• Treadaway, C.G. 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 14: 7–118. Reference page. 
• Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 3–267, figs 1–14, pls 1–16. Online. Reference page. 

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