Arhopala tyrannus

Arhopala tyrannus, ♂, Maluku, Halmahera, from original description.

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 tyrannus

Name

Arhopala tyrannus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865.

Type locality: Indonesia, Maluku, Halmahera.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonymy

• Arhopala tyrannus C. & R. Felder, 1865: 225, pl.29, figs 1,2.
• Arhopala gilolensis C. & R. Felder, 1865: 225. ♂ Halmahera BMNH.
• Arhopala tyrannus afranius Fruhstorfer, 1914: 156. ♂ New Guinea, Aroa River BMNH.
• Narathura hercules tyrannus (Felder), Evans, 1957: 100.
• Arhopala hercules tyrannus Felder; D'Abrera, 1977: 308.
• Arhopala tyrannus Felder; Parsons, 1998: 382.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. 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. 
• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. 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. 

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