Arhopala staudingeri

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Arhopala staudingeri
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Female Arhopala staudingeri negrosiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. staudingeri
Binomial name
Arhopala staudingeri
Semper, 1890 [1]

Arhopala staudingeri is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1890. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, where it is endemic to the Philippines. [2]

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The forewing length is about 21 mm. Both sexes are very similar, above blackish-brown, the suffused with a deep dark blue reflection, the whole anal third of the hindwing purely bone-coloured, with 3 slightly contiguous transverse spots. Under surface ochreous-yellow, towards the hind-margin paler, before the marginal area a dark transverse line, in the hindwing an angular one; anal area as above. [3] The nominotypical subspecies is distributed on Bohol, Leyte, Panaon, Mindanao and Samar islands. The subspecies A. s. castagnedai is on Luzon and Marinduque islands. The subspecies A. s. negrosiana is found on Negros Island.

Subspecies

Etymology

The specific name honours Otto Staudinger.

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References

  1. ↑ Semper, G. 1886-1892. Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln, Beitrag zur Indo-Malayischen Lepidopteren-Fauna. (Die Tagfalter). l: 380 pp, 49 pls. In C. G. Semper Reisen im Archipen der Philippinen, (2) 5. Weisbaden.
  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 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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