Arhopala moorei

Arhopala moorei is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1896. It is found in Southeast Asia (Borneo, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore).[2][3]

Arhopala moorei
Arhopala moorei
Arhopala moorei Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. moorei
Binomial name
Arhopala moorei
Synonyms
  • Arhopala daganda Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala busa Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala santava Corbet, 1941

Subspecies

  • Arhopala moorei moorei (Borneo)
  • Arhopala moorei busa Corbet, 1941 (Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore)

References

  1. Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1896. In Druce: Further contributions to our knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896(3): 650-683, 3 pls
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
  3. Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur
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