| Arhopala sophrosyne | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. sophrosyne |
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala sophrosyne Grose-Smith, 1889 [1] | |
Arhopala sophrosyne is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1889. It is found in the Australasian realm (New Ireland, Guadalcanal, and Bougainville).
It has, in the male forewing, which is above of a lustrous sky-blue, the costal area darkened by ultra-marine, whilst in the female the costal parts of all the wings are black. Easily discernible by the under surface where we notice in the chestnut-brown proximal parts of the wings small ring-spots distinctly surrounded by white. [2] [3]
Named in the Classical tradition for Sophrosyne.
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