Biology:Arhopala auxesia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Arhopala auxesia
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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. auxesia
Binomial name
Arhopala auxesia
(Hewitson, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia auxesia Hewitson, 1863
  • Narathura auxesia salvia Evans, 1957

Arhopala auxesia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in New Guinea and Sumatra.[2] The upper surface of the male is of a bright light bluish-green with a broad dark marginal band, the female dark violettish-blue, with a still broader margin. Beneath distinguished by the spots of the hindwing being also very prominently dark brown. [3]

Subspecies

  • A. a. auxesia (New Guinea, Sumatra)
  • A. a. salvia (Evans, 1957) (Salawati, Noemfoor Island)

References

  1. Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae
  2. D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.
  3. 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 ☰ Q21238003 entry