Arhopala herculina

Arhopala herculina, ♂, Waigeo, from 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 herculina

Name

Arhopala herculina Staudinger, [1888].

Type locality: Waigeo.

Holotype: ♂ not located

Synonymy

• Arhopala hercules herculina (var.) (Staudinger), [1888] (1): 280; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 28, pl.1 fig. 9.
• Arhopala hercules phalaereus Fruhstorfer, 1914: 156. ♂ Japen ("Jobi") BMNH, synonymised by Parsons, 1998: 382.
• Arhopala hercules leontodamas Toxopeus, 1930: 167. ♂ Misool RMNH, synonymised by Parsons, 1998: 382.
• Narathura hercules leontodamas (Toxopeus), Evans, 1957: 100.
• Narathura hercules phalaerus [sic] (Fruhstorfer), Evans, 1957: 100.
• Narathura hercules herculina (Staudinger), Evans, 1957: 100.
• Arhopala hercules herculina Staudinger, D'Abrera, 1977: 308.
• Arhopala herculina Staudinger, Parsons, 1998: 382, pl.54, figs 1464-1470.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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 27(4): 155–166. BHL. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Toxopeus, L. J., 1930. De soorte als functie van Plaats en Tijd, 198 pp., 4 pls. Amsterdam. Reference page. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.

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