Arhopala thamyras

Taxonavigation

Arhopala thamyras ♂, ♀, Maluku, Bacan, Seram, Aru, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel.

Arhopala thamyras anthore, <♂:♀>, Maluku, Bacan, Halmahera.

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 thamyras
Subspecies:
A. t. anthelius – A. t. anthore – A. t. minnetta – A. t. phryxus – A. t. thamyras

Name

Arhopala thamyras Linnaeus, 1758.

Type locality: "Hab. in Calidoribus regionibus", probably, Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon.

Type: ♂ UUZM, Lectotype designation by Aurivillius, 1882, per Honey & Scoble, 2001: 385.

Synonymy

• Papilio thamyras Linnaeus, 1758: 483; Thunberg, 1804: 9.
• Papilio helius Cramer, 1779: 15, pl.201, figs F,G. Invalid: preocc. Papilio helius Cramer, 1779: pl.198, fig.B.
• Papilio esra Herbst, 1800: 260, pl.285 figs 5,6 - replacement name for helius Cr. See also Kirby, 1872: 118.
• Amblypodia thamyras (Linnaeus); Aurivillius, 1882: 109, pl.1 fig.2.
• Amblypodia helius (Cramer); Ribbe, 1889: 256.
• Arhopala helius (Cramer); Bethune-Baker, 1903: 58, pl.I fig.21.
• Amblypodia tamyrus [sic] Felder; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 58.
• Arhopala thamyras (Linnaeus); Evans, 1957: 127; D'Abrera, 1977: 315; Parsons, 1998: 393, pl. 59, figs 1605-1609.

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 482 BHL Reference page. 
• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Aurivillius, C., 1882. Recensio critica lepidopterorum Musei Ludovicae Ulricae quae descripsit Carolus A Linné. K. svenska vetensakad. Handl. (nf)19(5): [2], 3-188. 1pl. BHL text, plate. 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Herbst, J., 1800. Natursystem aller bekannten in und auslandischen Insekten. Der Schmetterlinge Vol. 10. Berlin. text. plates. Reference page. 
• Honey, M.R., & Scoble, M.J., 2001. Linnaeus’s butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperiodea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 277–399. web. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. F., 1872. Notes on the Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Jablonsky and Herbst, in their "Natursystem aller bekannten Insekten." Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1872: 111–120. BHL. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Ribbe, C., 1889. Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna von Gross-Ceram. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, (Iris) 2(2): 187-265, pl.5. Reference page. 
• Thunberg, C.P. 1804. Donatio 1803 Gustavi Adolphi. Museum naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis, Part 23: 1–11. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.
• funet.fi

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