Arhopala eurisus

Arhopala eurisus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. It is found in the Australasian realm (St. Matthias island group, Bismarck Archipelago, Witu Island, Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides).[2]

Arhopala eurisus
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. eurisus
Binomial name
Arhopala eurisus
Synonyms
  • Arhopala eurissus var. tindali Ribbe, 1899

Subspecies

  • Arhopala eurisus eurisus
  • Arhopala eurisus tovesi Tennent, 1999 (Solomon Islands)

References

  1. Druce, H. H. 1891 On the Lycaenidae of the Solomon Islands Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (3): 357-373, pl. 31-32
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  • Savela, Markku (December 25, 2018). "Arhopala eurisus Druce, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 15, 2019.


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