Arhopala anthelus

Arhopala anthelus, the anthelus bushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

Anthelus bushblue
A. a. anthelus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. anthelus
Binomial name
Arhopala anthelus
(Westwood, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia anthlus Westwood, [1851]
  • Amblypodia anthea Evans, 1925
  • Arhopala grahami Corbet, 1941
  • Amblypodia anunda Hewitson, [1869]
  • Narathura anthelus impar Evans, 1957
  • Amblypodia anthelus var. saturatior Staudinger, 1889

Subspecies
  • A. a. anthelus (Burma)
  • A. a. anthea (Evans, 1925) (Mergui, southern Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos)
  • A. a. anunda (Hewitson, [1869]) (Borneo, Sumatra)
  • A. a. expallida Seki, 1994 (Sumatra)
  • A. a. fulgurita Seki, 1994 (Mentawai islands)
  • A. a. grahami Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi)
  • A. a. impar Evans, 1957 (Mindoro)
  • A. a. jabadia Fruhstorfer, 1914 (western Java)
  • A. a. majestatis Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Nias)
  • A. a. marinduquensis Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway, 1984 (Philippines: Marinduque)
  • A. a. mitis Seki, 1994 (Pulau Belitung)
  • A. a. paradisii Schröder & Treadaway, 1990 (Philippines: Dinagat)
  • A. a. reverie Seki, 1994 (Panay Island)
  • A. a. sanmariana Osada & Hashimoto, 1987 (Philippines: north-eastern Luzon)
  • A. a. saturatior (Staudinger, 1889) (Philippines: Palawan)
  • A. a. sotades Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Philippines: Mindanao)
  • A. a. sotades From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
  • A. a. anunda
  • A. a. majestatis
  • A. a. marinduquensis

References
  1. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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