Arhopala varro

Upright-band oakblue
subspecies selama (bottom right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Theclinae
Tribe:	Arhopalini
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. varro
Binomial name
Arhopala varro Fruhstorfer, 1914
Synonyms
Narathura varro

Arhopala varro, the upright-band oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was discovered by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1914. It is found in South-east Asia excluding Indonesia and the Philippines. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The upperside is sky-blue (in selama) or bluish white (in varro). The black border on the upperside is 2 millimeters wide, broadening to 3 millimeters. Its tail is millimeters long. ^[3] The underside is hair-brown, with the markings prominently outlined with white. ^[4]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized-

• Arhopala varro varro (Evans, 1925) - Thailand, Laos and Cambodia ^[5]
• Arhopala varro selama (Eliot, 1959) - Malaysia ^[6]

References

1. "Arhopala varro". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
2. "Arhopala". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
3. Natural History Museum (London). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London Natural History Museum Library. Andover : Intercept.
4. Entomologischer Verein "Iris" zu Dresden (1902). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris. Smithsonian Libraries. Berlin : R. Friedländer.
5. "Arhopala varro varro". yutaka.it-n.jp. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
6. "Arhopala varro selama". yutaka.it-n.jp. Retrieved 2025-04-02.