Arhopala arsenius

Arhopala arsenius 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 where it is endemic to the Philippines (Luzon and Mindoro).[2]

Arhopala arsenius
Arhopala arsenius in Felder and Felder Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. arsenius
Binomial name
Arhopala arsenius
Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder, 1865.[1]

References

  1. Felder, C and R.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., 1924-1927 The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera [Lycaenidae (pars)] in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp.
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