Arhopala cleander

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]

Arhopala cleander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. cleander
Binomial name
Arhopala cleander
(C. Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia cleander Felder, 1860
  • Amblypodia adatha Hewitson, 1862
  • Arhopala aphadantas Corbet, 1941
  • Amblypodia cleander regia Evans, [1925]
  • Arhopala adatha sostrata Fruhstorfer, 1914

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
  • 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
  1. Felder, C. 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium species novae diagnosibus. S-B. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 40(11): 447–468.
  2. "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 9, 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
  5. Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne.
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