Arhopala micale

Arhopala micale from original description, see "Notes".

Arhopala micale superba, ♂♂, Indonesia, Maluku, Bacan.

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 micale
Subspecies: A. m. acerba – A. m. amphis – A. m. amydon – A. m. amytis – A. m. bosnika – A. m. cidona – A. m. jona – A. m. leptines – A. m. micale – A. m. novaeguianae – A. m. obina – A. m. ribbei – A. m. riuna – A. m. selymbria – A. m. superba

Name

Arhopala micale Blanchard, [1848].

Type locality: New Guinea.

Holotype: ♂ not located

Synonymy

• Arhopala micale Blanchard, [1848]: 399, pl.3, figs 11,12.
• Amblypodia micale (Boisduval ms); Hewitson, 1862: 7.
• Arhopala micale Blanchard, Boisd., Hombron & Jacquinot; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 36.
• Arhopala amytis androtion Fruhstorfer, 1914: 158.
• Narathura micale (Boisduval); Evans, 1957: 117.
• Narathura micale centra Evans, 1957: 117; synonymised by Parsons, 1998: 391.
• Arhopala micale (Boisduval), D'Abrera, 1977: 313; Parsons, 1998: 391, pl. 58 1575-1578.

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. 
• Blanchard, C.É. 1848–1853. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les Corvettes 'Astrolabe et la Zélée 4: 377–403, 25 pls. Paris, E. Thunot. Archive, 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. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 

Notes

• "The figure of A. Micale in the 'Voyage au Pôle Sud' is so bad, that, if I had not seen the type in Dr. Boisduval's collection, I could not have believed that it was intended to represent this species." - W.C. Hewitson, 1862.

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.

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