Arhopala aronya

Arhopala aronya
A. a. natsumiae, male upperside, Negros island, Philippines
A. a. natsumiae, male underside, Negros
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. aronya
Binomial name
Arhopala aronya Hewitson, 1869

Arhopala aronya is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family.^[1] Its forewing length is 17-18 mm. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is uncommon or local.

Subspecies

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

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

1. "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

• D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III: pp. 536–672. Melbourne.
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 17(1): 3-164, 5 pls.
• 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.
• Hayashi, H., 1981: New Lycaenid Butterflies from the Philippines. Tyô to Ga 32 (1/2): 63-82. Abstract and full article: .
• Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. Text Plates London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. etc.
• Takanami, Y. & Seki. Y., A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the Philippines.
• Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl.14: 7-118.
• Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.