Above the male is deep ultramarine, of a pure colour though with but slight lustre. In the typical form from Celebes the under surface shows an intensely lustrous greenish tinge, only the postmedian transverse band is well developed, quite straight; proximally to it some scattered spots.[3]
Subspeciesedit
A. h. hercules New Guinea
A. h. leo Druce, 1894 Waigeu, New Guinea- the under surface looks as if it were hoary or tarnished with greenish mildew or blight, postmeclian band of the forewing is irregular or torn.
A. h. droa (Evans, 1957) Papua, Sariba, Fergusson Island, Tagula, Yela
A. h. stymphelus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Obi, Bachan, Halmahera, Misool - smaller and beneath dark greenish-grey, the metallic colouring at the anal angle of the hindwing is faint; the female which is in typical hercules above blue except the margin of the wing, is only in the basal parts of the wings yet of a dim blue.
A. h. tyrannus C. & R. Felder, [1865] Bachan, Halmahera - beneath without any hoary tint, and with much darker cross-bands; the female is above without any blue; it is uni-coloured dark brown
A. h. sophilus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Obi, Tanimbar, West Irian - smaller beneath lighter greyish-brown, the cross-band narrower and somewhat bordered with whitish; the female above sometimes shows traces of blue in the disc
A. h. leontodamas (Toxopeus, 1930) Gebe, Misool
A. h. phalaereus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Jobi, Mioswar, West Irian - beneath a more deeply greenish-grey base of the hindwing and a widened median transverse band
A. h. herculina Staudinger, 1888 Waigeu - above brighter blue, and the under surface is but feebly greyish hoary, the median band quite irregular
Referencesedit
^Hewitson, W.C., 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls
^Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London
^Adalbert Seitz in Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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arhopala, hercules, butterfly, family, lycaenidae, described, william, chapman, hewitson, 1862, found, australasian, realm, male, from, original, description, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta,. 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 Arhopala hercules Arhopala hercules male from original description Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Lycaenidae Genus Arhopala Species A hercules Binomial name Arhopala hercules Hewitson 1862 1 Arhopala hercules stymphelus Above the male is deep ultramarine of a pure colour though with but slight lustre In the typical form from Celebes the under surface shows an intensely lustrous greenish tinge only the postmedian transverse band is well developed quite straight proximally to it some scattered spots 3 Subspecies editA h hercules New Guinea A h leo Druce 1894 Waigeu New Guinea the under surface looks as if it were hoary or tarnished with greenish mildew or blight postmeclian band of the forewing is irregular or torn A h droa Evans 1957 Papua Sariba Fergusson Island Tagula Yela A h stymphelus Fruhstorfer 1914 Obi Bachan Halmahera Misool smaller and beneath dark greenish grey the metallic colouring at the anal angle of the hindwing is faint the female which is in typical hercules above blue except the margin of the wing is only in the basal parts of the wings yet of a dim blue A h tyrannus C amp R Felder 1865 Bachan Halmahera beneath without any hoary tint and with much darker cross bands the female is above without any blue it is uni coloured dark brown A h sophilus Fruhstorfer 1914 Obi Tanimbar West Irian smaller beneath lighter greyish brown the cross band narrower and somewhat bordered with whitish the female above sometimes shows traces of blue in the disc A h leontodamas Toxopeus 1930 Gebe Misool A h phalaereus Fruhstorfer 1914 Jobi Mioswar West Irian beneath a more deeply greenish grey base of the hindwing and a widened median transverse band A h herculina Staudinger 1888 Waigeu above brighter blue and the under surface is but feebly greyish hoary the median band quite irregularReferences edit Hewitson W C 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum London British Museum 15pp 8 pls Parsons M 1998 The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi 736pp 136 pls Academic Press London Adalbert Seitz in Seitz A Band 9 Abt 2 Die exotischen Grossschmetterlinge Die indo australischen Tagfalter 1927 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain External links edit nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Arhopala hercules Arhopala Boisduval 1832 at Markku Savela s Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Retrieved June 3 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arhopala hercules amp oldid 1190806209, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
