Arhopala tindali is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1899. It is found on the Solomon Islands and New Britain.[1]

Arhopala tindali
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. tindali
Binomial name
Arhopala tindali
Ribbe, 1899
Synonyms
  • Arhopala eurissus var. tindali Ribbe, 1899
  • Narathura styx Evans, 1957

Bethune-Baker considered tindali to be merely a darker form of Arhopala eurisus.[2]

Tennant considers it synonymous (conspecific) with Arhopala styx [3]

References

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  1. ^ Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ [Tennent, J. 1999 Two new Arhopala Boisduval taxa from the Solomon Islands, and resolution of the status of A tindali Ribbe and A. styx Evans Nachr. Ent. Ver. Apollo 20 (2) : 195-206 pdf