Arhopala anarte

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Magnificent oakblue
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. anarte
Binomial name
Arhopala anarte
(Hewitson, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia anarteHewitson, 1862
  • Arhopala morphicolorCorbet, 1941
  • Arhopala auzeade Nicéville, [1896]

Arhopala anarte, the magnificent oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia (Manipur, Burma, Assam, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra and Java).

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Glaringly light blue, though also specimens with violet or lilac tints may occur. The postmedian transverse bands of the rather red-brown under surface morebroken up into single spots; sometimes only the costal spots of these bands are yet distinct.

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Subspecies

References

  1. Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175Tafeln PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .