Biology:Arhopala eridanus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Arhopala eridanus | |
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| From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. eridanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala eridanus (C. Felder, 1860)[1]
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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. lewara Ribbe, 1926 (Sulawesi)
- A. e. padus C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Halmahera)
- A. e. davalma Schröder & Treadaway, 2006 (Philippines)
References
- ↑ Felder, 1860 Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 448-462
- ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ↑ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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External links
- Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Wikidata ☰ Q21238058 entry
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