Arhopala alax

Silky oakblue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. alax
Binomial name
Arhopala alax (Evans, 1932)
Synonyms
Amblypodia alaxEvans, 1932

Arhopala alax, the silky oakblue, ^[1] (sometimes placed in Amblypodia ) ^{[2] [3]} is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range

The butterfly has been found in India from Manipur onto Dawnas. ^{[2] [4]}

Status

William Harry Evans reported that the species was common in 1932. ^[4]

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

Cited references

1. "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Amblypodia Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Amblypodia alax​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
4. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 263, ser no H49.35.

References

• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN   978-8170192329.