Arhopala araxes

Arhopala araxes is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Arhopala araxes
Plate accompanying the original description.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. araxes
Binomial name
Arhopala araxes
C. & R.Felder, [1865] [1]

Subspecies

  • A. a. araxes Sulawesi, Sula, Sanghie
  • A. a. onetor Fruhstorfer, 1914 Sumatra, Java, Sumbawa, Sumba, Savu, Timor, Kissar, Wetar, Leti
  • A. a. talauta (Evans, 1957) Talaut Group
  • A. a. verelius Fruhstorfer, 1914

References

  1. .C. & R. Felder, [1865] '1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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