Arhopala major

Arhopala major is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Borneo, Nias, Tioman).[2][3]

Arhopala major
Arhopala major
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. major
Binomial name
Arhopala major
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia agesilaus var. major Staudinger, 1889
  • Arhopala catori Bethune-Baker, 1903
  • Arhopala catori parvimaculata Okubo, 1983

Subspecies
  • Arhopala major major (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Borneo, Nias)
  • Arhopala major parvimaculata Okubo, 1983 (Tioman)

References
  1. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.
  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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