Arhopala myrzala

Arhopala myrzala, ♂, Mindanao, from original description by Hewitson, 1869.

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 myrzala
Subspecies: A. m. conjuncta – A. m. lammas – A. m. myrzala

Name

Arhopala myrzala (Hewitson, [1869]).

Type locality: Philippines, Mindanao.

Holotype: ♂ not located.

Synonyms

• Amblypodia myrzala Hewitson, 1869: 14c, pl. 3b, figs 41,42.
• Narathura myrzala (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 110.
• Arhopala myrzala myrzala (Hewitson), Treadaway, 1995: 74.

References

• 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. 
• Hayashi, H., 2017. New Record of Arhopala myrzala from Rubang Is. & a Female Deudorix hypargyria from Palawan Is., in the Philippines. Yadoriga 253: 31-32. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. 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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