Arhopala anarte

Arhopala anarte, the magnificent oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia (Manipur, Burma, Assam, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra and Java).[2]

Arhopala anarte
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. anarte
Binomial name
Arhopala anarte
(Hewitson, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia anarte Hewitson, 1862
  • Arhopala morphicolor Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala auzea de NicĂ©ville, [1896]

Subspecies

  • Arhopala anarte anarte (Assam to Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra, possibly Palawan)
  • Arhopala anarte auzea de NicĂ©ville, [1896] (Java)

References

  1. Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
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