Arhopala opalina, ♂, 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 opalina
Subspecies: A. o. azata A. o. fruhstorferi A. o. opalina

Name

Arhopala opalina (Moore, [1884]).

Type locality: "Khasia Hills".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonymy

  • Nilasera opalina Moore, [1884]: 531, pl.49 fig.1.
  • Arhopala camdeo sphendale Fruhstorfer, 1914: 162, = A. o. fruhstorferi Röber, 1897.
  • Narathura opalina (Corbet), Evans, 1957: 92.
  • Arhopala opalina (Moore) Eliot, 1992: 269, 276, 418, pl.39 figs 10,11, pl.64 fig.8, fig. 228 genit.

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. 
  • Moore, F., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521–535, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
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