Arhopala kiriwinii, ♂, Trobriand Is., from original description by Bethune-Baker.

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 kiriwinii

Name

Arhopala kiriwinii Bethune-Baker, 1903.

Type locality: New Guinea, Trobriand Is.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH 4.iv.1895, (A. S. Meek).

Synonymy

  • Arhopala kiriwinii Bethune-Baker, 1903: 38, pl.1 fig. 10; Parsons, 1998: 391, pl.58 1571-1574.
  • Narathura kiriwinii (Bethune-Baker), Evans, 1957: 116.
  • Arhopala kiriwini [sic] Bethune-Baker; D'Abrera, 1977: 311.

References

  • D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
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