Araotes lapithis
Species of butterfly
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Araotes lapithis, the witch, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm[1] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1857.
| Witch | |
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| Araotes lapithis decolor Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Araotes |
| Species: | A. lapithis |
| Binomial name | |
| Araotes lapithis (Moore, 1857) | |
Subspecies
- A. l. lapithis Sikkim, Assam - South China, West Thailand, Myanmar
- A. l. uruwela Fruhstorfer, 1912 southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Borneo
- A. l. arianus Fruhstorfer, 1912 Palawan
- A. l. decolor Fruhstorfer, 1899 Nias
- A. l. archytas Fruhstorfer, 1912 Java