Arhopalini

Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Arhopalini
Genera: Apporasa – Arhopala – Flos – Mahathala – Mota – Semanga – Surendra – Thaduka – Zinaspa

Arhopala Section:

Apporasa – Arhopala – Flos – Mahathala – Thaduka

Semanga Section:

Mota – Semanga

Surendra Section:

Surendra – Zinaspa

Name

Arhopalini Bingham, 1907: 284

• Type genus: Arhopala Boisduval, 1832.

References

• Bingham, C.T. 1907. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies Vol. 2 London, Taylor & Francis: viii+480pp., 104 text-figs., Pls. 11–20.Reference page. 
• Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 28(6): 371-505; 36 Pls.; 162 Text-figs. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Megens, H.-J., van Nes, W.J., van Moorsel, C.H.M., Pierce, N.E. & de Jong, R., 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the Oriental butterfly genus Arhopala (Lycaenidae, Theclinae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Systematic Entomology 29: 115–131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00228.x . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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