Arhopala cleander
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. cleander
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Binomial name | |
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Arhopala cleander is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Cajetan Felder in 1860.[2] It is found in Southeast Asia (Buru, Ambon, Serang, Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Burma, Thailand, Sulawesi, Banggai and Selajar).[3][4]
The species is dark [blue]. A characteristic feature is the very much widened metallic spot before the little tail. The upper surface is [sometimes] of a glaring violettish blue, in specimens from Singapore somewhat darker.[5][6]
Subspecies
[edit]- Arhopala cleander cleander (Buru, Ambon, Serang)
- Arhopala cleander incerta Moulton, 1911 (Borneo, Sumatra)
- Arhopala cleander aphadantas Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia)
- Arhopala cleander regia (Evans, [1925]) (southern Burma, Thailand)
- Arhopala cleander apharida Corbet, 1941 (Lombok, Java)
- Arhopala cleander sostrata Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Sulawesi, Banggai, Selajar)
References
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- ^ Felder, C. 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium species novae diagnosibus. S-B. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 40(11): 447–468.
- ^ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
- ^ Evans, W. H., 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology [ISSN], 5(3): 85–141
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne.