Arhopala hercules

Species of butterfly

Arhopala hercules

Arhopala hercules male from original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Arhopala
Species:  |

A. hercules

Binomial name
Arhopala hercules

(Hewitson, 1862)[1]

Arhopala hercules is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2][3]

## Subspecies[edit]

* A. h. hercules New Guinea
* A. h. leo Druce, 1894 Waigeu, New Guinea
* A. h. droa (Evans, 1957) Papua, Sariba, Fergusson Island, Tagula, Yela
* A. h. stymphelus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Obi, Bachan, Halmahera, Misool
* A. h. tyrannus C. & R. Felder, [1865] Bachan, Halmahera
* A. h. sophilus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Obi, Tanimbar, West Irian
* A. h. leontodamas (Toxopeus, 1930) Gebe, Misool
* A. h. phalaereus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Jobi, Mioswar, West Irian
* A. h. herculina Staudinger, 1888 Waigeu

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hewitson, W.C., 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls
2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
3. ^ Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London

## External links[edit]

* Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.

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Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q21238089
* Wikispecies: Arhopala hercules
* BioLib: 644467
* BOLD: 792388
* EoL: 4055902
* GBIF: 8793959
* iNaturalist: 1226843
* LepIndex: 197066
* NCBI: 1843464

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