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Arhopala sintanga

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Arhopala sintanga is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Alexander Steven Corbet in 1948. It is found in Borneo and Malaysia.[1]

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Arhopala sintanga
Upperside
Underside
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Arhopalini
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. sintanga
Binomial name
Arhopala sintanga
Corbet, 1948
Synonyms

Narathura sintanga

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Description

The females are dark blue on the upperside with a border of 0.5 millimeters. The male is similar, but it is purple-blue on the upperside. Both sexes are brown on the underside.[2][3]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized -[1]

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