Arhopala asinarus or broad-banded oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
| Arhopala asinarus | |
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| Arhopala asinarus tounguva in de Niceville Butterflies of India, Burma and Ceylon. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. asinarus
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| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala asinarus | |
Description
editMale forewing 21 mm. dark shining blue, border 7 mm. wide at apex to 3 mm. wide at dorsum and 2mm. wide on hindwing. The verso is darker and may have a faint purple gloss. Female blue, border as in the male. tounguva Beneath very much like perissa, but the male above is not ultramarine but of a glaring violettish blue with an intense lilac gloss.[3]
Subspecies
edit- A. a. asinarus Burma, Thailand, Indo China
- A. a. tounguva (Grose-Smith, 1887) Burma (Karen Hills, Bassein, Rangoon)
References
edit- ^ Felder, C. and R.1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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External links
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- Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.