Arhopala acetes

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Arhopala acetes
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From Pontolo, North Gorontalo, Sulawesi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. acetes
Binomial name
Arhopala acetes
(Hewitson, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia acetesHewitson, 1862

Arhopala acetes is a butterfly endemic to Sulawesi described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. [1]

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Male and female

Description

Like Arhopala araxes a Celebes-form, from Macassar; size of araxes or still larger, but the upper surface of the is uniformly blue; beneath the markings are also in the forewing intensely surrounded with yellowish-white. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Arhopala acetes (Hewitson, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .