Arhopala aida

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White-stained oakblue
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Male and female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. aida
Binomial name
Arhopala aida
Synonyms
  • Narathura aida ophirEvans, 1957

Arhopala aida or white-stained oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Mergui, Thailand, Langkawi, Pulau Tenggol, Indochina, Hainan, and Peninsular Malaya). The upper surface of the male is lilac the black marginal band on both wings above equally broad. The under surface is brown with a distinct violet gloss;forewing with a light hindmarginal area. The female is above bluer, lighter than the male, and has a much broader black margin. [2] aida differs from Ahropalus myrtale in its darker and more violet-blue and its broad outer margins ; the undersides are, however, very much alike. [3]

Subspecies

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References

  1. de Nicéville, 1889 On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region, with Revision of the Genus Plesioneura of Felder and of Authors Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 4 (3) : 163-194, pl. A-B
  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. Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17(1): 3–164, 5 pls.