Arhopala weelii

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Arhopala weelii is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was discovered by Murinus Cornelis Piepers and Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1918. It is found in Java.[1][2]

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Arhopala weelii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Theclinae
Tribe: Arhopalini
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. weelii
Binomial name
Arhopala weelii
Piepers & Snellen, 1918
Synonyms

Panchala weelii

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Description

The upperside of this species is powdery blue in color, with a border of 5 millimeters. The wings are rounded. The underside of both sexes is faint grey. The only difference between the sexes is that the female is considerably smaller.[3][4]

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