Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Arhopalini
Genus: Mahathala
Species: (3)
M. ameria – M. ariadeva – M. gone

Name

Mahathala Moore, 1878: 702.

Type species: Amblypodia ameria Hewitson, 1862: 14, pl.8 figs 85,86.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17(1): 3–164, 5 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 

• Eliot, J.N. 1974. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology 28(6): 371–505. 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. 

• Moore, F., 1878. List of Lepidopterous insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan. Proceedings of the zoological Society, London. 1878(3): 695-708. BHL text. Reference page. 

• Talbot, G., 1942. The races and forms of Mahathala ameria (Hewitson) Lep. Rhop. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 1942, (B)11(8): 120-123. Reference page.