Arhopala pseudomuta

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Raffles's oakblue
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Arhopala pseudomuta Courvoisier Collection, Basel
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. pseudomuta
Binomial name
Arhopala pseudomuta
(Staudinger, 1889) [1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia pseudomutaStaudinger, 1889
  • Arhopala rafflesiide Nicéville, 1890
  • Arhopala epibataCorbet, 1948
  • Arhopala ariavanaCorbet, 1941
  • Narathura mindanensis contraEvans, 1957

Arhopala pseudomuta, Raffles's oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia - Peninsular Malaya, Singapore (A. p. )pseudomuta),Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand (A. p. ariavana Corbet, 1941),Sumatra, Borneo (A. p. contra (Evans, 1957) ) [2] [3]

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Description

A. pseudomuta is much larger than elopura , the male violettish-blue, almost-lilac, the under surface regularly marked, as is to be seen from the figure; Malacca, Borneo. A. rafflesii Nic. [synonym] above dark blue instead of violet, with a slight difference of the postmedian band on the hindwing beneath, where the 4th spot is slightly removed towards the margin. [4]

Subspecies

Etymology

The English name honours Stamford Raffles.

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References

  1. ↑ Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  3. ↑ Evans, W. H., 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 5(3): 85–141.
  4. ↑ 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 .


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