Arhopala auxesia

Arhopala auxesia
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. auxesia
Binomial name
Arhopala auxesia (Hewitson, 1863) [1]
Synonyms
Amblypodia auxesiaHewitson, 1863 Narathura auxesia salviaEvans, 1957

Arhopala auxesia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in New Guinea and Sumatra. ^[2] The upper surface of the male is of a bright light bluish-green with a broad dark marginal band, the female dark violettish-blue, with a still broader margin. Beneath distinguished by the spots of the hindwing being also very prominently dark brown. ^[3]

Subspecies

• A. a. auxesia (New Guinea, Sumatra)
• A. a. salvia(Evans, 1957) (Salawati, Noemfoor Island)

References

1. Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae
2. D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.
3. Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms