Arhopala ganesa

Tailless bushblue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. ganesa
Binomial name
Arhopala ganesa (Moore, 1857) [1]
Synonyms
Amblypodia ganesaMoore, 1857 Panchala ganesa(Moore, 1857)

Arhopala ganesa, the tailless bushblue, ^[2] is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found at the junction of the Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm.

Description

The male like all above blue with a narrow black margin, is distinguished by a white patch beyond the apex of the cell. The light dust-grey underside bears bands which are filled in with dark sealing on the forewing and are only indicated by their border-lines on the hindwing. — loomisi Pryer (= seminigra Leech) has the blue reduced above, there is no white on the upperside, and the underside is evenly banded with brown. ^[3]

Subspecies

• A. g. ganesa Northwest India, Sikkim
• A. g. watsoniEvans, 1912 Assam, Central Burma
• A. g. seminigra(Leech, 1890) West China, Hainan
• A. g. loomisi(Pryer, 1886) Japan

References

1. Moore, [1858] A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
2. "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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 .