Arhopala nobilis

Arhopala nobilis
Arhopala nobilis Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. nobilis
Binomial name
Arhopala nobilis (Felder, 1860) [1]
Synonyms
Amblypodia nobilisC. Felder, 1860 Amblypodia alceHewitson, 1862 Arhopala nobilis ajusaFruhstorfer, [1914] Arhopala nobilis atharaGrose-Smith, 1902 Amblypodia caelestisRöber, 1931 Arhopala bosnikianaJoicey & Talbot, 1916 Arhopala nobilis nobiliorFruhstorfer, [1914]

Arhopala nobilis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder in 1860. It is found in the Australasian realm ^[2]

Description

A. nobilis Fldr is a large beautiful form with a very bright ultramarine (male) or cyanid blue (female) upper surface, the male being narrowly, the female broadly margined with black. Easily recognisable by the postmedian band on the forewing beneath exhibiting two of the spots behind the cell-end pushed out of the chain towards the margin. ^[3]

Subspecies

• A. n. nobilis (Kai Island, Ambon, Serang, Obi)
• A. n. alcestisGrose-Smith, 1902 (Aru, Gebe, West Irian - Papua)- easily discernible by the two proximal thirds of the costal area on the hindwing beneath being dark brown, the rest of the hindwing being of an ochreous ground-colour.
• A. n. alce(Hewitson, 1862) (Aru, Halmahera) intensely brown spots beneath, with a darker brown ground-colour, and intense metallic spots at the anal angle; a small tail, present.
• A. n. bosnikianaJoicey & Talbot, 1916 (Biak, Noemfoor Island)

References

1. Felder, C. 1860 Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 448-462
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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 .

External links

• Arhopala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms