Arhopala phaenops

Arhopala phaenops
Arhopala phaenops in Bethune Baker (male, figure 27)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. phaenops
Binomial name
Arhopala phaenops C. & R.Felder, [1865] [1]

Arhopala phaenops is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. ^[2]

A. phaenops Fldr. is similar to Arhopala adorea, but it is smaller and of a brighter blue, These species are discernible by their under surface, where the small rings of the proximal half of the hindwing are very small in A. phaenops and therefore more remote from each other when compared with A. adorea,. Further, the transverse bands in the marginal area of the forewing, which in A. adorea are interrupted on the median, are unbroken in A. phaenops. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Subspecies

• A. p. phaenops Philippines
• A. p. detrita(Staudinger, 1889) Palawan
• A. p. sandakaniDruce, 1896 Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malayais - still brighter blue on the upper surface of the male; the proximal ring-spots are here likewise very small, but filled with a much darker colour, in the same way as the transverse bands. Above the black margin of the wings is somewhat broader, about 1.5 to 2 mm in the male. The postmedian band of the forewing beneath is here not only interrupted, but the two ends of the interruption are also distant from each other.
• A. p. termerionFruhstorfer, 1914 Bazilan
• A. p. aytoniaFruhstorfer, 1914 Java
• A. p. buruensisHolland, 1900 Buru, Obi

References

1. C & R. Felder. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls
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 .
4. Fleming WA (1975) Butterflies of West Malaysia and Singapore.1st edition. Longman Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 64 pp., 54 pls
5. D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne.

External links

• Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.