Biology:Arhopala acron

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Arhopala acron
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From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. acron
Binomial name
Arhopala acron
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia acron Hewitson, 1862

Arhopala acron is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in the Australasian realm, where it has been recorded from Bachan and Halmahera.[1]

The male has a Morpho-blue upper surface, the hindmarginal part of the forewing and the hindwing are of a glistening silvery blue, the costal part of the forewing is much darker; the under surface, however, is not whitish, but dark brown with white-edged bands and spots, somewhat similar to the agelastus-group [2]

References

  1. D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.
  2. Adalbert Seitz in Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21347118 entry