Arhopala kinabala

Arhopala kinabala is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895 . It is found in Southeast Asia (Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya) [2] The name refers to the type locality Kinabalu Park.

Arhopala kinabala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. kinabala
Binomial name
Arhopala kinabala
Synonyms
  • Arhopala agesias var. kinabala H. H. Druce, 1895
  • Arhopala nabala Corbet, 1941

Original description Var. KINABALA, nov. Differs from the type by being generally larger and with the spots on the underside larger and darker and with an additional spot on the costa of the fore wing.Kina Balu (Waterstr.); Labuan (Low). This may prove to be a distinct species, but for the present I do not think it advisable to treat it as such.

References

  1. Druce, H. H. (1895). "A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895 (3): 556–627, 4 pls.
  2. Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur
  • Savela, Markku (December 25, 2018). "Arhopala kinabala Druce, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 15, 2019.


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