Arhopala asinarus
Species of butterfly
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Arhopala asinarus or broad-banded oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
| Arhopala asinarus | |
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| Arhopala asinarus tounguva in de Niceville Butterflies of India, Burma and Ceylon. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. asinarus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala asinarus | |
Description
Male forewing 21 mm. dark shining blue, border 7 mm. wide at apex to 3 mm. wide at dorsum and 2mm. wide on hindwing. The verso is darker and may have a faint purple gloss. Female blue, border as in the male. tounguva Beneath very much like perissa, but the male above is not ultramarine but of a glaring violettish blue with an intense lilac gloss.[3]
Subspecies
- A. a. asinarus Burma, Thailand, Indo China
- A. a. tounguva (Grose-Smith, 1887) Burma (Karen Hills, Bassein, Rangoon)
