Arhopala axiothea, ♂, New Guinea, 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 axiothea

Name

Arhopala axiothea (Hewitson, 1863).

Type locality: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Kapaur.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH .

Synonymy

  • Amblypodia axiothea Hewitson, 1863: 7, pl.2, figs 10,11 ♂.
  • Amblypodia crabyle Kirsch, 1877: 128, pl.6 figs 10,10a ♀; Bridges, 1988: III.78.
  • Arhopala strophe Grose-Smith, 1897: 366.
  • Amblypodia crobyle [sic] (Kirsch), Parsons, 1998: 395.
  • Arhopala axiothea (Hewitson); Bethune-Baker, 1903: 153; Evans, 1957: 128; D'Abrera, 1977: 316; Parsons, 1998: 395, pl.60 figs 1624,1627.

References

  • D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
  • Grose-Smith, H., 1897. Descriptions of five new Species of Lycaenidae captured by Mr. Doherty, in the Tring Museum. Novit. zool. 4: 366-370. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Kirsch, T., 1877. Beitrag zur kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauna von Neu Guinea. Mitt. zool. Mus. Dresden 1877: 103-134, pls 5-7. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
  • The Papua Insects Foundation, images.
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