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| Arhopala eumolphus maxwelli, male (top) and female | |
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| Arhopala eumolphus eumolphus, Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. eumolphus
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| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala eumolphus (Cramer, [1780])
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Arhopala eumolphus, the green oakblue, is a lycaenid butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780.
Description
A.eumolphus is recognisable by the males showing above a bright green lustre; but it has not been decided whether some of these green forms do not differ so much from each other as to be dealt with as separate species. — Typical specimens are from Northern India, from the rainy season. Male abundantly emerald-green with a golden lustre, the jet-black marginal band being narrow on the forewing and broad on the hindwing. Female above dark red-brown with a violettish-blue reflection in the basal portion; hindwing with 1 small tail. In tagore Fruhst., from Assam, the male is smaller, but it has a broader black marginal band than specimens from Sikkim. In the female of this form the blue colour above is darker, but it extends farther across the wing. —[1]
Range
The butterfly is mostly seen in India, ranging from West Bengal and Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh, and is also found in Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.[2] Hainan, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Palawan.
Subspecies
- A. e. eumolphus Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Hainan
- A. e. maxwelli (Distant, 1885) Mergui, Myanmar, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka - much broader, rounder wings; here the blue reflection of the female is still farther expanded, almost across the whole surface of the wings.
- A. e. adonias (Hewitson, 1862) Java- shows a particularly grey-tinged ground colour of the under surface, on which metallic anal spots show a silvery gloss; the female is above lighter blue
- A. e. caesarion Fruhstorfer, 1914 Sumatra female smaller than specimens from Malacca, and the female above exhibits a broader dark marginal band.
- A. e. aristomachus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Palawan -female very light blue with a broad dark marginal band; beneath with very dark, very contrasting longitudinal bands.
External links
- Savela, Markku, ed. (December 25, 2018). "Arhopala eumolphusCramer, [1780])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Arhopala (Plate D)". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 6, 2001 – via Internet Archive. With images.
Cited references
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Isaac Kehimkar (2008) The Book of Indian Butterflies, Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford University Press
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