Arhopala weelii

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Arhopala weelii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Arhopalini
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. weelii
Binomial name
Arhopala weelii
Piepers & Snellen, 1918
Synonyms

Panchala weelii

Arhopala weelii is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was discovered by Murinus Cornelis Piepers and Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1918. It is found in Java. [1] [2]

Description

The upperside of this species is powdery blue in color, with a border of 5 millimeters. The wings are rounded. The underside of both sexes is faint grey. The only difference between the sexes is that the female is considerably smaller. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Arhopala weelii - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  2. ↑ "Arhopala". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  3. ↑ Natural History Museum (London). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London Natural History Museum Library. Andover : Intercept.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  4. ↑ Piepers, M. C. (Marinus Cornelis); Shellen, Pieter Cornelius Tobias; Fruhstorfer, Hans (1909). The Rhopalocera of Java. Smithsonian Libraries. The Hague, M. Nijhoff; [etc., etc.]


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