Arhopala chamaeleona, <♂:♀>, Papua New Guinea, John Tennent photos.

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 chamaeleona
Subspecies: Arhopala chamaeleona chamaeleona

Name

Arhopala chamaeleona chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903

Type locality: Papua New Guinea.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, Upper Aroa River. (A. S. Meek), iii.1903.

Synonyms

  • Arhopala chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903: 217.
  • Arhopala elagabulus Fruhstorfer, 1914: 124. BMNH, Aroa River.
  • Arhopala restricta Rothschild, 1916: 36.
  • Arhopala heliagabulus Fruhstorfer, Seitz, 1926; mis-spelling of elagabulus Fruh.
  • Narathura chamaeleona chamaeleona Bethune-Baker; Evans, 1957: 112.
  • Arhopala elegabulus [sic], Fruhstorfer; Parsons, 1998: 386.
  • Arhopala chamaeleona chamaeleona Bethune-Baker; Parsons, 1998: 386, pl. 56, figs 1511-1513.

References

  • Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A new species of Arhopala from British New Guinea. Ent. mon. Mag. 39: 217. BHL. Reference page. 
  • 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.
  • Fruhstorfer, H., 1914. Neue Arhopala Rassen. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 28(2): 121-137.
  • Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-55555-0
  • Rothschild, W., 1916. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea. Macrolepidoptera. 182 pp., 2 pls. Tring.
  • Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Introduction, Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799–1107, pls. 138-175.
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