Arhopala tameanga
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| Arhopala tameanga | |
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| Arhopala tameanga male, female from original description | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. tameanga |
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| Arhopala tameanga Bethune-Baker, 1896 [1] | |
Arhopala tameanga is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1896. It is found in the Indomalayan realm where it is endemic to Borneo.[2][3]
The dark lilac upper surface almost black with a deep blue reflection with a lilac gloss in the disc of the wing; the female with a very broad blackish-brown marginal band; the postmedian transverse band on the forewing beneath is only flawed in the centre, not broken through.[4]
