Arhopala pseudomuta
Arhopala pseudomuta, Raffles's oakblue is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia - Peninsular Malaya, Singapore (A. p. )pseudomuta),Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand (A. p. ariavana Corbet, 1941),Sumatra, Borneo (A. p. contra (Evans, 1957) )[2][3]
Arhopala pseudomuta | |
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Arhopala pseudomuta Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. pseudomuta |
Binomial name | |
Arhopala pseudomuta (Staudinger, 1889) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
- Arhopala pseudomuta pseudomuta (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)
- Arhopala pseudomuta ariavana Corbet, 1941 (Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand)
- Arhopala pseudomuta contra (Evans, 1957) (Sumatra, Borneo)
Etymology
The English name honours Stamford Raffles.
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References
- Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.
- 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, 5(3): 85–141.
External links
- "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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