Biology:Arhopala helianthes
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Arhopala helianthes | |
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| Arhopala helianthes, male, female, New Guinea, from original description. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. helianthes
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| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala helianthes Grose-Smith, 1902[1]
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Arhopala helianthes is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1902. It is found in the Australasian realm, where it is endemic to New Guinea.[2]
Male. Upperside. Resembles helius, Cram., but on the anterior wings the outer margins are more broadly black, especially at the apex ; on the posterior margins the cilia are brownish-white instead of brown.Female upperside differs from the same sex of A. helius in the wings being rounder.
References
External links
- Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q13394538 entry
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