Arhopala alaconia

Arhopala alaconia is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869. It is found in Southeast Asia (Borneo, Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya and Palawan).[2]

Arhopala alaconia
Arhopala alaconia oberthuri female Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. alaconia
Binomial name
Arhopala alaconia
(Hewitson, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia alaconia Hewitson, 1869
  • Arhopala aloana Corbet, 1941
  • Narathura alaconia media Evans, 1957
  • Narathura alaconia media f. kempi Eliot, 1959
  • Amblypodia oberthuri Staudinger, 1889

Subspecies
  • Arhopala alaconia alaconia (Borneo)
  • Arhopala alaconia aloana Corbet, 1941 (central Burma)
  • Arhopala alaconia media (Evans, 1957) (Mergui, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia)
  • Arhopala alaconia oberthuri (Staudinger, 1889) (Palawan)

References
  1. Hewitson, W. C., 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
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