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Arhopala agelastus

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Arhopala agelastus
Figures 61 and 62 in Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. agelastus
Binomial name
Arhopala agelastus
(Hewitson, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia agelastus Hewitson, 1862
  • Arhopala perissa Doherty, 1889

Arhopala agelastus is a species of butterfly belong to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia (Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore and ssp. perissa Doherty, 1889 Burma, Mergui and Thailand)[2]

Subspecies

  • Arhopala agelastus agelastus (Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi, Singapore)
  • Arhopala agelastus perissa Doherty, 1889 (southern Burma, Mergui, southern Thailand)

References

  1. ^ Hewitson, W. C. (1862). Specimen of a catalogue of Lycænidæ in the British Museum. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 12.
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175