Arhopala elopura

Arhopala elopura is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1894.[2] It is found in Southeast Asia (Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Mergui, Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina).[3][4]

Arhopala elopura
From the Cassidy collection
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. elopura
Binomial name
Arhopala elopura
Synonyms
  • Arhopala dama Swinhoe, [1911]

Subspecies

  • Arhopala elopura elopura (Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia)
  • Arhopala elopura dama Swinhoe, [1911] (Langkawi, Mergui, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina)

References

  1. Druce, H. H. (1894). "Note on a species of Lampides, recently described by Mr. de Nicéville, and description of a new Arhopala from Borneo". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 30: 9-10.
  2. Savela, Markku (December 25, 2018). "Arhopala elopura Druce, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  3. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
  4. 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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