Arhopala micale from original description, see "Notes".

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 micale
Subspecies: Arhopala micale micale

Name

Arhopala micale micale Boisduval, [1848].

Type locality: New Guinea.

Holotype: ♂ not located

Synonymy

  • Arhopala micale Boisduval, [1848]: 399, pl.3, figs 11,12.
  • Amblypodia micale (Boisduval); Hewitson, 1862: 7.
  • Arhopala amytis androtion Fruhstorfer, 1914: 158.
  • Narathura micale (Boisduval) Evans, 1957: 117.
  • Narathura micale centra Evans, 1957: 117; synonymised by Parsons, 1998: 391.
  • Arhopala micale (Boisduval), D'Abrera, 1977: 313; Parsons, 1998: 391, pl. 58 1575-1578.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • Blanchard, C.É. 1848–1853. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les Corvettes 'Astrolabe et la Zélée 4: 377–403, 25 pls. Paris, E. Thunot. Archive, Plates. Reference page. 
  • Boisduval, J. B., 1848-1853. In Blanchard Voyage au Pòle Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les Corvettes 'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Zoologie. Description des Insectes 4: 377-403, 3 pls. Paris, E. Thunot. text, plates. 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. 
  • Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550 Reference page. 

Notes:

  • "The figure of A. Micale in the 'Voyage au Pôle Sud' is so bad, that, if I had not seen the type in Dr. Boisduval's collection, I could not have believed that it was intended to represent this species." - W.C. Hewitson, 1862.
  • The Papua Insects Foundation, images.
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