Biology:Arhopala varro
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Upright-band oakblue | |
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| subspecies selama (bottom right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Theclinae |
| Tribe: | Arhopalini |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. varro
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| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala varro Fruhstorfer, 1914
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| Synonyms | |
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Narathura varro | |
Arhopala varro, the upright-band oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was discovered by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1914. It is found in South-east Asia excluding Indonesia and the Philippines.[1][2]
Description
The upperside is sky-blue (in selama) or bluish white (in varro). The black border on the upperside is 2 millimeters wide, broadening to 3 millimeters. Its tail is millimeters long.[3] The underside is hair-brown, with the markings prominently outlined with white.[4]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized-
- Arhopala varro varro (Evans, 1925) - Thailand, Laos and Cambodia[5]
- Arhopala varro selama (Eliot, 1959) - Malaysia[6]
References
- ↑ "Arhopala varro" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1340241-Arhopala-varro.
- ↑ "Arhopala". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/arhopala/index.html.
- ↑ Natural History Museum (London). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London Natural History Museum Library. Andover : Intercept. https://archive.org/details/bulletinofnatura07entolond/bulletinofnatura07entolond/page/378/mode/1up.
- ↑ Entomologischer Verein "Iris" zu Dresden (1902). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris. Smithsonian Libraries. Berlin : R. Friedländer. https://archive.org/details/deutscheentomolo27141913ento/page/161/mode/1up?view=theater.
- ↑ "Arhopala varro varro". https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4f/81710001.html.
- ↑ "Arhopala varro selama". https://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4f/81710010.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q21238303 entry
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