Arhopala rama

Dark Himalayan oakblue
	Arhopala rama rama
	Arhopala rama Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. rama
Binomial name
	Arhopala rama; Kollar, 1844[verification needed]
Synonyms
	Amblypodia rama (Kollar, 1848)[verification needed]

Arhopala rama, the dark Himalayan oakblue, (sometimes placed in Amblypodia)^[1] is a small butterfly found in India, Indochina, China and Japan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range in India

The butterfly occurs in the Indian Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim and from Manipur to Dawnas.^[2]

The species is common in the Himalayas, but not rare elsewhere.^[2]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amblypodia rama". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
^ ^a ^b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 266, ser no H49.51.

Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.Error: "Q3703341" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.

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