Arhopala eridanus

Arhopala eridanus
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. eridanus
Binomial name
Arhopala eridanus (C. Felder, 1860) [1]
Synonyms
Amblypodia eridanusFelder, 1860 Amblypodia politaRöber, 1887 Amblypodia elfetaHewitson, 1869 Amblypodia violaRöber, 1887 Amblypodia eridanus var. dilutiorStaudinger, 1889 Arhopala padus itamaRibbe, 1926 Arhopala padusC. & R. Felder, [1865]

Arhopala eridanus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder in 1860. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. ^[2]

Description

A. eridanus Fldr.is not dissimilar to camdeo , but much smaller. In the male the brightening in the disc of the forewing is not white, but only somewhat lighter sky-blue. Beneath the postmedian bands are broken up into single contiguous rings. ab. dilutior Stgr.,[now subspecies] from Palawan, has in the female a somewhat larger light area in the disc of the forewing, but the male is said not to differ from Amboina males The species varies in the colouring beneath being sometimes more red brown and sometimes more dark brown, whereas the marking remains constant. ^[3]

Subspecies

• A. e. eridanus (Ambon, Serang)
• A. e. elfeta(Hewitson, 1869) (Sula Island, Banggai)
• A. e. dilutior (Staudinger, 1889) (Palawan)
• A. e. lewaraRibbe, 1926 (Sulawesi)
• A. e. padusC. & R. Felder, [1865] (Halmahera)
• A. e. davalmaSchröder & Treadaway, 2006 (Philippines)

References

1. Felder, 1860 Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 448-462
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
3. Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms