Arhopala eumolphus

Arhopala eumolphus, subspecies, from revision by Bethune-Baker, 1903.

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 eumolphus
Subspecies: A. e. adonias – A. e. aristomachus – A. e. eumolphus – A. e. maxwelli

Name

Arhopala eumolphus (Cramer, 1780).

Type locality: India, "Bengal coast".

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Papilio eumolphus Cramer, 1780: 4(25): 19, pl. 299, figs G, H.
• Amblypodia bupola Hewitson, 1878:21, pl. Supp. 7, figs 64, 65.
• Arhopala eumolphus (Cramer); Bethune-Baker, 1903: 104, pl. 2, fig. 17; Seki et al, 1991: 65, L231; Eliot, 1992: 285, 420, pl. 42, figs 20, 21, pl. 68, fig. 13, genit. 260; Treadaway, 1995: 76.
• Arhopala eumolphus eumolphus elis (form) Fruhstorfer, 1914: 122, Sikkim.
• Arhopala eumolphus tagore Fruhstorfer, 1914: 122, Assam.
• Narathura eumolphus (Cramer), Evans, 1957: 111.

References

• 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. 
• Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. 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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1914. Neue Arhopala Rassen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 28(2): 121–137. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Seki, Y. & Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo. 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. 

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