Arhopala florinda

Arhopala florinda is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1896. It is found in the Australasian realm where it is endemic to the Solomon Islands.[2]

Arhopala florinda
Arhopala florinda pagenstecheri in Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1899
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. florinda
Binomial name
Arhopala florinda

Subspecies

  • A. f. florinda Guadalcanal
  • A. f. pagenstecheri (Ribbe, 1899) New Britain

References

  1. Grose-Smith, H. 1896 Descriptions of Two new Species of Oriental Lycaenidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 18 (104) : 155-156
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
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