Arhopala dodonaea

Pale Himalayan oakblue
	Male,Courvoisier Collection, Basel
	Male on left, the female is always larger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. dodonaea
Binomial name
	Arhopala dodonaea; Moore, 1857
Synonyms
	Amblypodia dodonaeaMoore, 1857;

Last updated September 18, 2023

Arhopala dodonaea, the pale Himalayan oakblue, (sometimes listed as a synonym of Amblypodia rama )^[3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Description

Both male and female are blue with a broad border. The underside is grey. The female forewing termen is markedly crenulate.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India (Kumaon) and Pakistan.^[4] Afghanistan, Northwest Himalaya - Sikkim, Chitral.

Status

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

Cited references

↑ "Arhopala dodonaea - Pale Himalayan Oakblue - Butterflies of India". Butterflies of India. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
↑ Tennent, W.J.; Rawlins, A. (2010). "Notes on Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 from Sulawesi and Maluku, including new subspecies of A. argentea Staudinger, 1888, A. chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903, and A. azenia (Hewitson, [1863]) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)" (PDF). Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo. 31 (1): 9. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
1 2 Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amblypodia rama". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 266, ser no H49.50.

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References

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.
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

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[ButIn-1] "Arhopala dodonaea - Pale Himalayan Oakblue - Butterflies of India". Butterflies of India. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[NEVA-2] Tennent, W.J.; Rawlins, A. (2010). "Notes on Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 from Sulawesi and Maluku, including new subspecies of A. argentea Staudinger, 1888, A. chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903, and A. azenia (Hewitson, [1863]) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)" (PDF). Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo. 31 (1): 9. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[LepIndex_dodonaea-3] 1 2 Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amblypodia rama". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.

[Evans-4] 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 266, ser no H49.50.

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