Arhopala hellenore

Arhopala hellenore hellenore, ♂, Thailand, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation edit

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 hellenore
Subspecies: A. h. hellenore – A. h. sanherib – A. h. siroes

Name edit

Arhopala hellenore Doherty, 1889.

Type locality: Burma, Tenasserim.

Holotype: not located

Synonyms edit

  • Arhopala hellenore Doherty, 1889: 422, pl. 23, fig. 7; Pinratana, 1981: 100, pl. 17, figs 1-3; Seki et al, 1991: 66, L232; Eliot, 1992: 285, 420, pl. 42, fig. 19, pl. 68, fig. 14.
  • Arhopala viridissima Swinhoe, 1890: 44. Upper Burma, Mandalay, Type ♂ BMNH.
  • Arhopala sanherib Fruhstorfer, 1914: 123. West Java, 1200m, Type ♂ BMNH
  • Narathura hellenore (Doherty), Evans, 1957: 112.

References edit

  • Doherty, W., 1889. On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim. J. asiat. Soc. Beng. 58(4): 409–440, 2 pls.
  • Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
  • 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.
  • Fruhstorfer, H., 1914. Neue Arhopala Rassen. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 28(2): 121-137.
  • Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.
  • Seki, Y. in Seki, Y. & Sasaki, S., 2010. Halimun Mountains, West Java (Indonesia) - Recent lepidopterological survey and new knowledge on Lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Butterflies 56: 15–25, 28 figs.
  • Swinhoe, C., 1890. Descriptions of three new species of Lycaenidae. Ann. mag. Nat. Hist. (6)5:449-451.
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