Biology:Arhopala epimuta
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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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. epimuta
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| Arhopala epimuta (Moore, [1858])[1]
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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]
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
- Arhopala epimuta epimuta (Borneo)
- Arhopala epimuta epiala Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra)
- Arhopala epimuta elsiei Evans, [1925] (Burma, Thailand)
References
- ↑ 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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Wikidata ☰ Q13394522 entry
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