Arhopala epimete
Arhopala epimete | |
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From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. epimete
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Binomial name | |
Arhopala epimete (Staudinger, 1889)[1]
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Arhopala epimete, the violetdisc oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Otto Staudinger in 1889.[2] It is found in Southeast Asia (Borneo, Palawan, Burma, Mergui, Langkawi, Peninsular Malaya and Sumatra).[3][4]
Subspecies[]
- Arhopala epimete epimete (Borneo, Palawan)
- Arhopala epimete duessa Doherty, 1889 (southern Burma, Mergui, Langkawi)
- Arhopala epimete suedas Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia, possibly Sumatra)
- Arhopala epimete magindana Osada, 1987 (Philippines: north-eastern Mindanao)
References[]
- ^ Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Arhopala epimete (Staudinger, 1889)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
- ^ 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
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Categories:
- Arhopala
- Butterflies described in 1889
- Butterflies of Asia
- Taxa named by Otto Staudinger
- Theclinae stubs