Arhopala aronya explained

Arhopala aronya is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869.^[1] Its forewing length is 17–18 mm. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is uncommon or local.

Description

aronya is above darker blue, the male may even be lustrous purple or lilac. Beneath the markings are of a pure white. It represents the preceding species [''[[Arhopala sangira]] in the Philippines.Male and female are beneath alike.^[2]

Subspecies

• A. a. aronya Hewitson, [1869]
• A. a. natsumiae H. Hayashi, [1981]
• A. a. mangyan Schroeder & Treadaway, [2000]
• A. a. kalinga Schroeder & Treadaway, [2000]

Range

The nominotypical subspecies is distributed on Dinagat, Leyte and Mindanao islands. The subspecies A. a. mangyan is on Mindoro Island and A. a. kalinga is on Luzon and Marinduque islands. The subspecies A. a. natsumiae is found on Negros Island.

Synonyms

• Amblypodia aronya Hewitson, [1869]: 14e, pl. 3b, figs 45, 46.
• Arhopala aronya (Hewitson); Bethune-Baker, 1903: 57; D'Abrera, 1986: 566; Treadaway, 1995: 75; Takanami & Seki, Pl. C, consulted, 14.xi.2011.
• Narathura aronya (Hewitson); Evans, 1957: 99.

References

• , 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III: pp. 536–672. Melbourne.
• , 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 17 (1): 3-164, 5 pls.
• , 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series, 5 (3): 85-141.
• , 1981: New Lycaenid Butterflies from the Philippines. Tyô to Ga 32 (1/2): 63–82. Abstract and full article: http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110007707813/en.
• , 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. Text Plates London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. etc.
• Web site: Takanami . Yusuke . Seki . Yasuo . amp . April 1, 2001 . Edition 12 . A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines . https://web.archive.org/web/20010614230418/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EY4Y-TKNM/phillist.html . June 14, 2001 . Internet Archive.
• , 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 14: 7–118.
• , 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . December 25, 2018 . Arhopala aronya (Hewitson, 1869) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 11, 2020.
2. Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln