Arhopala perimuta

Arhopala perimuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. perimuta
Binomial name
Arhopala perimuta Moore, 1857 [1]
Synonyms
Amblypodia perimutaMoore, [1858] Arhopala reginaCorbet, 1941 Arhopala lintaCorbet, 1941 Amblypodia regiaEvans, [1925]

Arhopala perimuta, the yellowdisc oakblue or yellowdisc tailless oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Frederic Moore in 1857. It is found in Southeast Asia (Sikkim to Assam, Burma, Thailand, Mergui and Peninsular Malaya).

A. perimuta has been established as the type of a separate genus: Darasana Moore (1884),recognizable by the margin of the wings being on all sides rounded, whereby the tailless hindwing appears almost exactly oviform; only the apex of the forewing forms a slight point. Upper surface of male glaringly sky-blue with a black margin of about 1 mm width, under surface violettish-brown with dark, curved, almost parallel transverse lines. ^[2]

Subspecies

• Arhopala perimuta perimuta (Sikkim to Assam, northern Burma, central Burma, northern Thailand)
• Arhopala perimuta reginaCorbet, 1941 (southern Burma, Mergui, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia)

References

1. Moore, F., 1857. Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company 5 + 278 + 4 + 11pp., 12 + 6 pls. London.
2. 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