Arhopala aurea, ♂ from original description.
Arhopala aurea, ♀, Brunei.

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 aurea

Name

Arhopala aurea (Hewitson, 1862)

Type locality: Borneo, Sarawak.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH , ex-A. R. Wallace collection.

Synonymy

  • Amblypodia aurea Hewitson, 1862: 8, pl.8 figs 87,88.
  • Arhopala tembaga Moulton, [1912]: 136, Sabah, Sandakan. HT: ♂ BMNH.
  • Aurea aurea (Hewitson), Evans, 1957: 126.
  • Arhopala aurea (Hewitson), Seki et al, 1991: 66, Pl.41, L234; Eliot, 1992: 287, 420, Pl.43 figs 21,22, PL.69 fig.2, fig.262 genit.

References

  • 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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