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Arhopala ace

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Tytler's dull oakblue
Arhopala ace ace
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. ace
Binomial name
Arhopala ace

Arhopala ace, or Tytler's dull oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Charles Lionel Augustus de Nicéville in 1893 and is found in Southeast Asia and Northeast India (Manipur, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo).[2]

Description

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In the male distinguished by a narrower black margin of the forewing which also shows a different blue. Beneath similar to agrata but the postmedian band of the forewing is much broader and beneath the 4th spot distinctly broken, whereas in agrata it is uniformly continued. Expanse of wings; 46 to 55 mm. [3]

Subspecies

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  • Arhopala ace ace (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo)
  • Arhopala ace arata Tytler, 1915 (Manipur, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam)

Etymology

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The English name honours Harry Tytler.

References

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  1. ^ de Nicéville, C. [1893] On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 7 (3) : 322-357, pl. H-J
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
  3. ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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