Arhopala aida

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Arhopala aida
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Male and female
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. aida
Binomial name
Arhopala aida
Synonyms
  • Narathura aida ophir Evans, 1957

Arhopala aida or white-stained oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Mergui, Thailand, Langkawi, Pulau Tenggol, Indochina, Hainan, and Peninsular Malaya).[2]

Subspecies

  • Arhopala aida aida
  • Arhopala aida ophir (Evans, 1957) (Peninsular Malaya: Mount Ophir)

References

  1. ^ de Nicéville, 1889 On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region, with Revision of the Genus Plesioneura of Felder and of Authors Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 4 (3) : 163-194, pl. A-B
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175

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