Arhopala auxesia
Appearance
Arhopala auxesia | |
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From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. auxesia
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Binomial name | |
Arhopala auxesia | |
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Arhopala auxesia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in New Guinea and Sumatra.[2] The upper surface of the male is of a bright light bluish-green with a broad dark marginal band, the female dark violettish-blue, with a still broader margin. Beneath distinguished by the spots of the hindwing being also very prominently dark brown. [3]
Subspecies
[edit]- A. a. auxesia (New Guinea, Sumatra)
- A. a. salvia (Evans, 1957) (Salawati, Noemfoor Island)
References
[edit]- ^ Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae
- ^ D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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