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Arhopala hellenore

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Arhopala hellenore
Arhopala hellenore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. hellenore
Binomial name
Arhopala hellenore
Doherty, 1889.[1]
Synonyms
  • Arhopala viridissima Swinhoe, 1890
  • Arhopala eumolphus sanherib Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Arhopala eumolphus siroes Fruhstorfer, 1914

Arhopala hellenore, Doherty's green oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Doherty in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia - Assam, Manipur, Burma, Mergui, Thailand, Indo China, Hainan (A. h. hellenore) Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya (A. h. siroes Fruhstorfer, 1914).[2][3]

Subspecies

  • Arhopala hellenore hellenore (Assam, Manipur, Burma, Mergui, Thailand, Indo China, Hainan)
  • Arhopala hellenore siroes Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia)

References

  1. ^ Doherty, W., 1889. On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim. J. asiat. Soc. Beng. 58(4): 409–440, 2 pls.
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
  3. ^ Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur