Arhopala ammon, ♂, Singapore, from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Arhopalini
Genus: Arhopala
Species: Arhopala ammon
Subspecies: A. a. ammon – A. a. sarawaca

Name

Arhopala ammon (Hewitson, 1862).

Type locality: Singapore.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonymy

  • Amblypodia ammon Hewitson, 1862: 9, pl.5, figs 49,50.
  • Narathura ammon (Hewitson); Distant, 1885: 272.
  • Arhopala ammon (Hewitson); De Nicéville, 1890: 243; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 143; Seki et al, 1991: 67, L242; Parsons, 1998: 393, pl. 59, figs 1600-1604.
  • Arrhopala ammon [sic] (Hewitson); De Nicéville & Martin, 1895: 470.
  • Arhopala ammon prasia Fruhstorfer, 1914: 157, Maluku, Ambon, BMNH.

References

  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Pls. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L. & Martin, L., 1896. A list of butterflies of Sumatra with special reference to the species occurring in the North-East of the island. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. (2)64(3)[1895]: 357–555. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Fruhstorfer, H., [1914]. Neue Arhopala rassen. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 27(4): 155–166. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Moulton, J. C. [1912]. A list of the butterflies of Borneo with descriptions of new species (3). J. Straits Brch. R. asiat. Soc. 60(1911): 73–177. pl. 8. Text, plate. Reference page. 
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