Arhopala atosia

Arhopala atosia is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869.[2] It is found in Southeast Asia - Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Pulau Laut (A. a. atosia), Thailand, Indochina, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore (A. a. malayana Bethune-Baker, 1903), Burma (A. a. aria (Evans, 1932)), Langkawi, Mergui (A. a. jahara Corbet, 1941) and Palawan (A. a. aricia (Staudinger, 1889)).[3][4]

Arhopala atosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. atosia
Binomial name
Arhopala atosia
(Hewitson, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia atosia Hewitson, 1863
  • Arhopala malayana Bethune-Baker, 1903
  • Arhopala udapa Corbet, 1941
  • Amblypodia atosia aria Evans, 1932
  • Arhopala jahara Corbet, 1941
  • Amblypodia aritcia Staudinger, 1889

Subspecies
  • Arhopala atosia atosia (Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Pulau Laut)
  • Arhopala atosia malayana Bethune-Baker, 1903 (Thailand, Indo-China, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)
  • Arhopala atosia aria (Evans, 1932) (Burma)
  • Arhopala atosia jahara Corbet, 1941 (Langkawi, Mergui)
  • Arhopala atosia aricia (Staudinger, 1889) (Palawan)

References
  1. Hewitson, W. C., 1863–1878. Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls.
  2. "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  3. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
  4. Evans, W. H., 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology [ISSN], 5(3): 85–141
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