Arhopala alexandrae

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 alexandrae

Name

Arhopala alexandrae (Schröder & Treadaway, 1978).

Type locality: Philippines, Mindanao, San Vicente Area, Bukidnon, 4500 ft.

Holotype: SMFL. female ♀. 20.X.1973. legit A. Nuyda.

Synonymy

• Arhopala viola (Röber, 1887); Semper, 1890: 196 [Misidentification].
• Arhopala viola Semper [sic], recte Bethune-Baker, 1903: 51,52, pl.1, fig.7, pl.3, figs 29,30. [Secondary junior homonym of Amblypodia viola Röber, 1887].
• Amblypodia viola (Semper) [sic]; Seitz, 1926: 952, pl.148, figs a6, b1, b2.
• Narathura alexandrae Schröder & Treadaway, 1978: 150, fig. 1; Hayashi, 1981: 27, figs 21-24.
• Narathura nakamotoi Hayashi, 1978: 164, figs 3,4. Synonymised by Takanami, 1985: 15.
• Arhopala alexandrae (Schröder & Treadaway), Hayashi, 1984: 63, pl. 10, fig. 78; Treadaway, 1995: 74.

References

• Röber, J., 1887. Neue Schmetterlinge aus Indien. Correspbl. ent. Ver. Iris 1(4): 185-202, pls. 7-9. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C. G. 1978. Neue Lepidopteren von den Philippinen, 3. Entomologische Zeitschrift 88(14): 149–161, 6 figs. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page. 
• Semper, G., 1886-1892. Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln, Beitrag zur Indo-Malayischen Lepidopteren-Fauna. (Die Tagfalter). Vol.l: 380pp, 49 pls. In C. G. Semper, Reisen im Archipen der Philippinen, (2)5. Weisbaden. Reference page. 
• Takanami, Y. 1985. A new species of genus Arhopala and some other species from Philippines. Chô Chô, published by Gen-Gen Sha, 8(8): 14–20, 8 figs. 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.