Subspecies Arhopala eupolis eupolis (Miskin, 1890)

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• Amblypodia eupolis Miskin, W.H. 1890. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) principally Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5(1): 29-43 [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925)] [42].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QM T12375 1♂, Cape York, Cooktown and Cardwell, QLD (listed in original description); QM T12376 1♂; QM T12377 1♀; QM T12378 1♀; QM T12379 1♀; QM T12380 1♀
  Comment: Miskin in the original description mentioned both sexes but not a type.

  Type locality references:

  Hancock, D.L. 1995. The butterfly types of W. H. Miskin in the Queensland Museum (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 519-528 [522] (listed syntypes from all these localities).
• Arhopala eupolis philtron Fruhstorfer, H. 1914. Neue Arhopala Rassen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 28: 121-137 [136].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 2♂ 2♀, Yule Is., Papua New Guinea (designated in original description)
  Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description mentioned that he had two males and two females.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [386]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Kei Islands), Papua New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [468]

Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Lycaenidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 3 336-512 pp. [359]

Quick, W.N.B. 1974. Early stages of the butterfly Narathura araxes eupolis (Miskin) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Victorian Entomologist 4: 23-24 [23]

 

History of changes

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