Burmese bushblue | |
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Acesina arisba = Arhopala birmana, male, from original description by de Niceville, 1891. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. birmana |
Binomial name | |
Arhopala birmana | |
Synonyms | |
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Arhopala birmana, the Burmese bushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.
The easternmost form of this species: corthata Fruhst. flying in Hongkong is presumably very closely allied to ariel. In corthata the upper surface of the male is dark, but intensely bluish-violet. Easily separable from typical birmana by the hindwing in which the dark marginal band is analwards narrower. - In typical birmana Mr. (= arisba Nic.) the postmedian band on the forewing beneath is still coherent, whereas in the larger form aberrans Nic. [ now species Arhopala aberrans (de Nicéville, [1889]) ] it is interrupted in the centre. In this form from Tenasserim the female has also much more white in the disc of the forewing above. The male of all the forms are above violettish-blue with a broader or narrower black margin. [3]
Arhopala eumolphus, the green oakblue, is a lycaenid butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780.
Arhopala bazaloides, the Tamil oakblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. The Tamil oakblue is found India in, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Arhopala silhetensis, the Sylhet oakblue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862.
Arhopala ganesa, the tailless bushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found at the junction of the Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm.
Arhopala japonica, the Japanese oakblue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Indochina, Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan.
Euphaedra themis, the common Themis forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and western Cameroon.
Arhopala aedias, the large metallic oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia.
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 . 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. aida differs from Ahropalus myrtale in its darker and more violet-blue and its broad outer margins ; the undersides are, however, very much alike.
Arhopala amphimuta is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1860. It is found in Southeast Asia - Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, the Philippines, Thailand, Mergui, Burma, Langkawi, Penang and Java.
Arhopala corinda is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869. It is found in Southeast Asia.
Arhopala democritus or white-dot oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Johann Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found in Southeast Asia.
Arhopala epimete, the violetdisc oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia.
Arhopala fulla , the spotless oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia
Arhopala pseudomuta, Raffles's oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia - Peninsular Malaya, Singapore pseudomuta),Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand ,Sumatra, Borneo
Arhopala thamyras is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in the Australasian realm.
Arhopala aexone is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in the Australasian realm.
Arhopala aberrans, the pale bush blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Niceville in 1889. It is found in the Indomalayan realm where it is recorded in Sikkim, Assam, Burma and China.
Arhopala asinarus or broad-banded oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Arhopala hercules is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in the Australasian realm. |