Arhopala eucolpis

Arhopala eucolpis
Arhopala eucolpis eucolpis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. eucolpis
Binomial name
Arhopala eucolpis (Kirsch, 1877)
Synonyms
Amblypodia eucolpisKirsch, 1877 Arhopala admete var. waigeoensisBethune-Baker, 1903 Narathura admete sudestaEvans, 1957

Arhopala eucolpis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch in 1877. It is found in the Australasian realm. ^[1] It may be a subspecies of Arhopala admete (Hewitson, 1863).

Subspecies

• Arhopala eucolpis eucolpis (Waigeu, Misool, Jobi, West Irian to Papua, Goodenough, Yela, Tagula)
• Arhopala eucolpis sudesta(Evans, 1957) (Tagula, Yela)

References

1. D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.

External links

• Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.