Arhopala anarte, the magnificent oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia (Manipur, Burma, Assam, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra and Java).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. anarte
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| Arhopala anarte | |
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Glaringly light blue, though also specimens with violet or lilac tints may occur. The postmedian transverse bands of the rather red-brown under surface morebroken up into single spots; sometimes only the costal spots of these bands are yet distinct.
Subspecies
edit- Arhopala anarte anarte (Assam to Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra, possibly Palawan)
- Arhopala anarte auzea de Nicéville, [1896] (Java) male above is silvery light blue with a violet reflection, the costal and distal margins being broad darker blue, but not black. Beneath all the spots of the transverse bands are separate.
Gallery
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References
edit- ^ Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
editWikispecies has information related to Arhopala anarte.
- "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
