Arhopala epimuta is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Frederic Moore in 1858.[2] It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Borneo, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore and Sumatra).[3]
Arhopala epimuta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. epimuta
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Binomial name | |
Arhopala epimuta | |
Synonyms | |
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epimutais very similar to atosia above and beneath, but it is said to differ in the absence of the small tail of the hindwing.[4] The male is shining pale blue, turning violet towards the apex.
Subspecies
edit- Arhopala epimuta epimuta (Borneo)
- Arhopala epimuta epiala Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra)
- Arhopala epimuta elsiei Evans, [1925] (Burma, Thailand)
References
editWikispecies has information related to Arhopala epimuta.
- ^ Moore, F., [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company 1 i-v, 1-14, 17-278, i-iv, 1-11; pls 1-12, 1a-6a. London
- ^ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ^ Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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