Arhopala moorei
Arhopala moorei
Arhopala moorei Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. moorei
Binomial name
Arhopala moorei
Synonyms
  • Arhopala daganda Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala busa Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala santava Corbet, 1941

Arhopala moorei is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1896. It is found in Southeast Asia (Borneo, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore).[2]

A. moorei differs from davaona in the narrow margin of the wings above and in the anal blue colour and the less regular marking beneath.[3]

Subspecies

  • Arhopala moorei moorei (Borneo)
  • Arhopala moorei busa Corbet, 1941 (Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore)

References

  1. Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1896. In Druce: Further contributions to our knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896(3): 650-683, 3 pls
  2. 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
  3. Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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