Arhopala opalina fruhstorferi  (Röber, 1897)


ON : Amblypodia fruhstorferi Röber, 1897
OD : Ent. Nachr. 23(1):6.
TL : "Gede-Gebrge, West-Java" [? Burma] (♀, NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, P.Thailand. [Sumatra]
● ssp.opalina
ssp.fruhstorferi
ssp.sphendale
ssp.azata
Arhopala opalina fruhstorferi map


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala opalina azala [sic] ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 606, pl.274, figs.L199b♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Arhopala opalina azala [sic] ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 638, pl.288, figs.L225b♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Arhopala opalina azata ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 55, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring)


Notes

According to Evans,1957, type locality of fruhstorferi is considered to be Myanmar. The record from Ranong is possibly this taxon. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Röber, J.K.M.,1897 : Neue Schmetterlinge aus Java.
Ent. Nachr. 23(1):5-7.

Corbet, A.S.,1941 : A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):149-183, figs.1-114.

Evans, W.H.,1957 : A Revision of the Arhopala Group of Oriental Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 5(3):85-141.


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