Arhopala eumolphus

Green oakblue
Arhopala eumolphus maxwelli, male (top) and female
Arhopala eumolphus eumolphus, Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. eumolphus
Binomial name
Arhopala eumolphus (Cramer, [1780])

Arhopala eumolphus, the green oakblue, is a lycaenid butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780.

Range

The butterfly is mostly seen in India, ranging from West Bengal and Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh, and is also found in Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.

Subspecies

• A. e. eumolphus Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Hainan
• A. e. maxwelli (Distant, 1885) Mergui, Myanmar, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka
• A. e. adonias (Hewitson, 1862) Java
• A. e. caesarion Fruhstorfer, 1914 Sumatra
• A. e. aristomachus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Palawan

External links

• Savela, Markku, ed. (December 25, 2018). "Arhopala eumolphusCramer, [1780])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
• Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Arhopala (Plate D)". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 6, 2001 – via Internet Archive. With images.