''Arhopala aronya'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

first described by

William Chapman Hewitson William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surrey) was a British naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidoptera (butterflies ...

in 1869. Its forewing length is 17–18 mm. It is

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to the

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. It is uncommon or local.

Subspecies

*''A. a. aronya'' Hewitson, 869/small> *''A. a. natsumiae'' H. Hayashi,

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/small> *''A. a. mangyan'' Schroeder & Treadaway,

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/small> *''A. a. kalinga'' Schroeder & Treadaway,

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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. Arhopala aronya natsumiae, Negros Island

Arhopala aronya natsumiae, Negros Island

Synonyms

*''Amblypodia aronya'' Hewitson, 869 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)
3-1645 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

*, 1863–1878. ''Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae''
TextPlates
London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. etc. * *, 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. Arhopala Lepidoptera of the Philippines Butterflies described in 1869 Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Theclinae-stub