Arhopala athada (Staudinger 1889)

Arhopala athada, the vinous oakblue is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Otto Staudinger in 1889.^[2] It is found in Southeast Asia - Singapore, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, Bawean (A. a. athada), Assam, Burma, Mergui, Thailand (A. a. apha de Nicéville, 1895) and the Philippines (A. a. wilemani (Evans, 1957)).^[3][4]

Subspecies

• Arhopala athada athada (Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, Bawean)
• Arhopala athada apha de Nicéville, 1895 (Assam, Burma, Mergui, Thailand)
• Arhopala athada wilemani (Evans, 1957) (Philippines: Mindanao)
• Arhopala athada minor (Evans, 1957) (Bachan)
• Arhopala athada baweana Eliot, 1972 (Bawean)

References

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Arhopala athada, atau Vinous Oakblue, adalah kupu-kupu yang termasuk dalam kelompok keluarga Lycaenidae dan sub-keluarga Lycaeninae.

Arhopala athada, ♂, ♀, Borneo, Java, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel, Alan Cassidy photo.

Rujukan

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1896. In Druce: Further contributions to our knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896(3): 650-683, 3 pls.
• Corbet, A. S., 1941. A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9): 149-183, figs 1-114.
• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• 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.
• Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80.