Arhopala hypomuta

Arhopala hypomuta
Arhopala hypomuta hypomuta female,Singapore
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. hypomuta
Binomial name
Arhopala hypomuta (Hewitson, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
Amblypodia hypomutaHewitson, 1862 Arhopala devaBethune-Baker, 1896 Arhopala shelfordiMoulton, [1912]

Arhopala hypomuta is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra). ^{[2] [3]}

Dark violettish-blue, the male with an almost linear black margin of the wings, the under surface very regularly marked with rings and bands that are filled up not much darker than the ground-colour. The anal blue of the hindwing is distinct and lustrous. ^[4]

Subspecies

• Arhopala hypomuta hypomuta (Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)
• Arhopala hypomuta devaBethune-Baker, 1896 (Borneo)

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  A. h. deva male and female North Borneo Courvoisier Collection, Basel
• 
  A. h. deva male and female Brunei

References

1. Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
3. Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur
4. 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