Arhopala agaba

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Purple-glazed oakblue
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. agaba
Binomial name
Arhopala agaba
(Hewitson, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia agabaHewitson, 1862

Arhopala agaba, the purple-glazed oakblue, (sometimes placed in Amblypodia ) [1] is a small butterfly found from India to Thailand, Langkawi, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia to the Philippines and Sumatra that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862.

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Description

The male is above darker and duller blue than Arhopala havilandi ; female violettish blue with a black margin being particularly broad at the apex of the forewing and at the distal margin of the hindwing. Beneath the markings are more conspicuous in the violettish-brown ground and they are also somewhat differently placed. [2] [3] [4]


Range in India

The butterfly occurs in India from Manipur to northern Myanmar and from Karens to southern Myanmar. [5] It is not rare from Karens to southern Myanmar, but rare elsewhere. [5]

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Arhopala agaba​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  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 .
  3. ↑ Fleming WA (1975) Butterflies of West Malaysia and Singapore.1st edition. Longman Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 64 pp., 54 pls
  4. ↑ D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne.
  5. 1 2 Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 26, ser no H49.32.


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