Arhopala amphimuta

Arhopala amphimuta is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1860. It is found in Southeast Asia[2] - Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, the Philippines (A. a. amphimuta), Thailand, Mergui, Burma, Langkawi, Penang (A. a. milleriana Corbet, 1941) and Java (A. a. quadra (Evans, 1957)).

Arhopala amphimuta
Arhopala amphimuta milleriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. amphimuta
Binomial name
Arhopala amphimuta
(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia amphimuta C. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Arhopala asia de NicĂ©ville, [1893]
  • Arhopala milleriana Corbet, 1941
  • Narathura amphimuta quadra Evans, 1957

Subspecies
  • Arhopala amphimuta amphimuta (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, possibly the Philippines)
  • Arhopala amphimuta milleriana Corbet, 1941 (Thailand, Mergui, S.Burma, Langkawi, Penang)
  • Arhopala amphimuta quadra (Evans, 1957) (Java)

References
  1. C. & R. Felder, 1860 Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa Wiener entomologische Monatschrift. 4 (12) : 394-402
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
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