Arhopala sakaguchii

Arhopala sakaguchii
Male upperside
Female upperside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. sakaguchii
Binomial name
Arhopala sakaguchii H. Hayashi, 1981 [1]

Arhopala sakaguchii is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1981. It is found on the Philippine islands of Negros and Mindoro.

The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Kohei SAKAGUCHI, Professor emeritus of Kyoto University.

References

1. Savela, Markku (December 25, 2018). "Arhopala sakaguchii (Hayashi, 1981)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

• Hayashi, Hisakazu (1981). "New Lycaenid Butterflies from the Philippines". Tyô to Ga. 32 (1,2): 63–82.
• Hayashi, Hisakazu (1985). "On the Female of Narathura sakaguchii (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Tyô to Ga. 36 (1): 31.
• Treadaway, C. G. (1995). "Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. Suppl. 14: 7–118.
• Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (April 1, 2001). "Edition 12". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 14, 2001 – via Internet Archive.
• Seki, Y. (2005). "A revision of Arhopala aedias (Hewitson, 1862) and its allied species from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Butterflies (Teinopalpus). 41: 19–26.
• Treadaway, C. G. & Schrőder, Heinz (2012)." Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. Suppl. 20: 1-64.