Arhopala ammonides

Arhopala ammonides is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Doherty in 1891. It is found in Southeast Asia.

Arhopala ammonides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. ammonides
Binomial name
Arhopala ammonides
(Doherty, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acesina ammonides Doherty, 1891
  • Arhopala ammon chunsu Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Arhopala monava Corbet, 1941
  • Panchala ammonides bowringi Evans, 1957

Subspecies
  • A. a. ammonides (Burma, Mergui)
  • A. a. elira Corbet, 1941 (Assam)
  • A. a. chunsu Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya)
  • A. a. monava Corbet, 1941 (Langkawi)
  • A. a. bowringi (Evans, 1957) (Hainan)
  • A. a. kalabakana Eliot, 1972 (Sabah)
  • A. a. apurpurosa Barlow, Banks & Holloway, 1971 (Borneo)[2]
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References
  1. Doherty, 1891 New and rare Indian Lycaenidae Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 60 Pt.II (1) : 32-38, pl. 1
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
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