Arhopala athada

Arhopala athada, the vinous oakblue is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Otto Staudinger in 1889.[2] It is found in Southeast Asia - Singapore, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, Bawean (A. a. athada), Assam, Burma, Mergui, Thailand (A. a. apha de Nicéville, 1895) and the Philippines (A. a. wilemani (Evans, 1957)).[3][4]

Arhopala athada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. athada
Binomial name
Arhopala athada
(Staudinger, 1889])[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia athada Staudinger, 1889
  • Arhopala agamemnon Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala drucei Bethune-Baker, 1896
  • Arhopala apha de Nicéville, 1895
  • Narathura athada wilemani Evans, 1957
  • Narathura cleander minor Evans, 1957
  • Arhopala athada baweana Eliot, 1972

Subspecies
  • Arhopala athada athada (Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, Bawean)
  • Arhopala athada apha de Nicéville, 1895 (Assam, Burma, Mergui, Thailand)
  • Arhopala athada wilemani (Evans, 1957) (Philippines: Mindanao)
  • Arhopala athada minor (Evans, 1957) (Bachan)
  • Arhopala athada baweana Eliot, 1972 (Bawean)
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References
  1. Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2
  2. "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  3. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
  4. 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
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