Arhopala chamaeleona

Arhopala chamaeleona
	From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. chamaeleona
Binomial name
	Arhopala chamaeleona; Bethune-Baker, 1903
Synonyms
	Arhopala elagabulus Fruhstorfer, 1914; Arhopala restricta Rothschild, 1916; Arhopala heliogabulus Seitz, 1926; Narathura maputi Takanami, 1984; Narathura mizunumai H. Hayashi, 1978; Arhopala rileyi Joicey & Talbot, 1922;

Arhopala chamaeleona is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1903. It is found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.^[2]

Description

Both wings deep metallic green, shading to brown in some lights.Hindwing being green almost to the margin. Below, uniform brown, no white areas: hindwing under with well-developed tornal metallic scaling.^[3]^[4] ^[5] Form restricta Above, brown-black, forewings violet-blue on basal 3/4 }}

Subspecies

A. c. chamaeleona (Biak, Noemfoor, Jobi, New Guinea)
A. c. rileyi Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Serang)
A. c. mizunumai (Hayashi, 1978) (Philippines: Leyte, Samar, Mindanao, Marinduque)
A. c. maputi (Takanami, 1984) (Philippines: Marinduque)
A. c. susyae Tennent & Rawlins, 2010 (Moluccas)

References

^ Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A new species of Arhopala from British New Guinea. Ent. mon. Mag. 39: 217.
^ 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A new species of Arhopala from British New Guinea. Ent. mon. Mag. 39: 217.
^ 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

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[1] Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A new species of Arhopala from British New Guinea. Ent. mon. Mag. 39: 217.

[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.

[4] Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A new species of Arhopala from British New Guinea. Ent. mon. Mag. 39: 217.

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

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