Arhopala wildei

Arhopala wildei, ♂/♀, Australia, 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 wildei
Subspecies: A. w. neva – A. w. soda – A. w. wildei

Name

Arhopala wildei Miskin, 1891.

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Cairns.

Holotype: ♂ QMB.

Synonymy

• Arhopala wildei Miskin, 1891: 71; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 151, pl.1, figs 18,19; D'Abrera, 1977: 309; Parsons, 1986: 385, pl.56, figs 1498-1503.
• Amblypodia cupido Staudinger in litt.; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 151, nomen nudum.
• Narathura wildei (Miskin), Evans, 1957: 108; McCubbin, 1971: 101, 103.

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. 
• McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Miskin, W.H. 1891. Synonymical catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera (Butterflies) of Australia... including... new species. Ann. Qd. Mus. 1:xx + 93 + ix pp BHL. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.

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