Arhopala achelous, ♂, ♀, Borneo, Courvoisier Collection NHM Basel.
Arhopala achelous, ♂, from original description

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Arhopalini
Genus: Arhopala
Species: Arhopala achelous
Subspecies: A. a. achelous – A. a. malu

Name

Arhopala achelous (Hewitson, 1862).

Type locality: Singapore.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Amblypodia achelous Hewitson, 1862: 7, pl.5, figs 47,48.
  • Narathura achelous (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 90.
  • Arhopala achelous (Hewitson), Seki et al, 1991: 56, Pl.31, L161; Eliot, 1992: 276, 418. Pl.39, figs 19,20, Pl.65, fig.9.

References

  • 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. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
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