Biology:Arhopala democritus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. democritus
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| Arhopala democritus (Fabricius, 1793)[1]
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Arhopala democritus or white-dot oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Johann Christian Fabricius in 1793.[2] It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Mergui, Indochina, Langkawi, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo).[3][4]
Male above Morpho-blue, female likewise of a bright blue, though not reflecting so much, with a broad black marginal band of the forewing which begins thin before the centre of the costa, growing 5 mm broad behind the cell, and ending again thin at the anal angle. The under surface is particularly characteristic, since on the dark chestnut-brown ground all the rings and bands are broken up into small commata and dots, so that the chains are hardly noticeable.[5]
Subspecies
- Arhopala democritus democritus (Burma, Thailand, Mergui, Indo China, Langkawi, northern Peninsular Malaysia)
- Arhopala democritus lycaenaria (C. & R. Felder, 1860) (southern Peninsular Malaya, Singapore)
- Arhopala democritus buxtoni (Hewitson, 1878) Sumatra
- Arhopala democritus olinda (Druce, 1873) Borneo
Arhopala democritus olinda
References
- ↑ Fabricius, J.C., 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 3(1): [vi], pp. 1-488. C. G. Proft, Hafniae
- ↑ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
- ↑ 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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