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Arhopala aedias
Figure 36 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. aedias
Binomial name
Arhopala aedias
(Hewitson, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia aedias Hewitson, 1862
  • Amblypodia yendava Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Arhopala meritatas Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala agnis C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Arhopala agnis hagius Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Arhopala agnis soter Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Arhopala agnis sphetys Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Amblypodia oenotria Hewitson, 1869

Arhopala aedias, the large metallic oakblue[2], is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka, Nias, Borneo and the Philippines).[3]

Subspecies

  • Arhopala aedias aedias (Java)
  • Arhopala aedias yendava (Grose-Smith, 1887) (Burma: Karen Hills, Yendaw Valley, Ataran)
  • Arhopala aedias meritatas Corbet, 1941 (Mergui, southern Burma, Langkawi)
  • Arhopala aedias agnis C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka, Nias, Borneo)
  • Arhopala aedias oenotria (Hewitson, 1869) (Mindanao)

References

  1. ^ Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum
  2. ^ P Ek-Amnuay, Butterflies of Thailand, 2nd edition 2012
  3. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
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