''Arhopala hercules'' is a

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 ...

. It was 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 1862. It is found in the

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and ...

.Parsons, M., 1998. ''The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea'' xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London

Subspecies

*''A. h. hercules'' New Guinea *''A. h. leo'' Druce, 1894 Waigeu, New Guinea *''A. h. droa'' (Evans, 1957) Papua, Sariba, Fergusson Island, Tagula, Yela *''A. h. stymphelus'' Fruhstorfer, 1914 Obi, Bachan, Halmahera, Misool *''A. h. tyrannus'' C. & R. Felder,

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/small> Bachan, Halmahera *''A. h. sophilus'' Fruhstorfer, 1914 Obi, Tanimbar, West Irian *''A. h. leontodamas'' (Toxopeus, 1930) Gebe, Misool *''A. h. phalaereus'' Fruhstorfer, 1914 Jobi, Mioswar, West Irian *''A. h. herculina'' Staudinger, 1888 Waigeu

References

External links

''Arhopala'' Boisduval, 1832
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 3, 2017. {{Taxonbar, from=Q21238089 Arhopala Butterflies described in 1862