Arhopala horsfieldi is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Southeast Asia (see subspecies section).
| Arhopala horsfieldi | |
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| A. h. basiviridis Female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. horsfieldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala horsfieldi (Pagenstecher, 1890)
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Description
editAt once discernible from the preceding [related] forms by the broad, proximally irregularly radiating blackish-brown margin of the forewing, being also exhibited in the male the wings of which show a somewhat darker green than the forms of aurea which they resemble somewhat on the under surface excepting the differences in the marking which are to be seen from our figures. The female is like the male but the golden green colour above is replaced by a violettish blue, and the total colouring beneath is somewhat lighter.[1]
Subspecies
edit- A. h. horsfieldi (Java)
- A. h. eurysthenes (southern Burma, Mergui, southern Thailand, Langkawi)
- A. h. basiviridis (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo) - a very regular and clear marking beneath, the light-edged spots and bands being almost of the groundcolour.
- A. h. serpa (Nias)
- A. h. palawanica (Palawan)
Etymology
editThe name honours Thomas Horsfield.
References
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- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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