Arhopala horsfieldi

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Arhopala horsfieldi
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A. h. basiviridis Female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. horsfieldi
Binomial name
Arhopala horsfieldi
(Pagenstecher, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia horsfieldiPagenstecher, 1890
  • Narathura horsfieldi(Pagenstecher, 1890)
  • Arhopala eurysthenesFruhstorfer, 1914
  • Arhopala basiviridisde Nicéville, 1891

Arhopala horsfieldi is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Southeast Asia (see subspecies section).

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Description

At once discernible from the preceding [related] forms by the broad, proximally irregularly radiating blackish-brown margin of the forewing, being also exhibited in the male the wings of which show a somewhat darker green than the forms of aurea which they resemble somewhat on the under surface excepting the differences in the marking which are to be seen from our figures. The female is like the male but the golden green colour above is replaced by a violettish blue, and the total colouring beneath is somewhat lighter. [1]

Subspecies

A. h. basiviridis Male Arhhorsm.jpg
A. h. basiviridis Male
A. h. basiviridis Courvoisier Collection, Basel BasiviridisMMUpUn 593 594 AC1.jpg
A. h. basiviridis Courvoisier Collection, Basel

Etymology

The name honours Thomas Horsfield.

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References

  1. Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .