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Genus Arhopala Boisduval, 1832

Arhopala Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu iv, 267 pp. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333 [333]] [71].
Type species:
Arhopala phryxus Boisduval, 1832 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [120].
Narathura Moore, F. 1879. A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(4): 821-859 pls 51-53 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [835].
Type species:
Amblypodia hypomuta Hewitson, 1862 by original designation.
Nilasera Moore, F. 1881. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1(2–4) pp. 41-190 pls 19-71. [issued 1881, dated 1880-1881] [114].
Type species:
Papilio centaurus Fabricius, 1775 by original designation.
Panchala Moore, F. 1882. List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking chiefly in the Kangra District, N.W. Himalaya; with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(1): 234-263 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [251].
Type species:
Amblypodia ganesa Moore, 1857 by original designation.
Acesina Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 53(2): 1-42 [publication date] [41].
Type species:
Amblypodia paraganesa De Nicéville, 1882 by original designation.
Darasana Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 53(2): 1-42 [publication date] [42].
Type species:
Amblypodia perimuta Moore, 1857 by original designation.
Satadra Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 53(2): 1-42 [publication date] [38].
Type species:
Amblypodia atrax Hewitson, 1862 by original designation.
Iois Doherty, W. 1889. Certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal LVII(II): 409-440 [411].
Type species:
Amblypodia inornata C. & R. Felder, 1860 by monotypy.
Aurea Evans, W.H. 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of Oriental Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 5(3): 85-141 [126].
Type species:
Amblypodia aurea Hewitson, 1862 by absolute tautonymy.

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Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: N coastal
Indonesia
- Aru Islands
- Irian Jaya
- Kei Islands
- Maluku
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands