Arhopala alesia
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Speciesbox Arhopala alesia, the pallid oakblue, (sometimes in Amblypodia)[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Description
The forewing length is about 18mm.Beneath quite similar to oberthuri, but with a long tail on the hindwing. The female is above light greenish-blue.[2]
Subspecies
At least 5 subspecies are listed:[3]
- A. a. alesia
- A. a. wimberleyi (de Nicéville, 1887)
- A. a. sacharja Fruhstorfer, 1914
- A. a. mio (Hayashi, 1981)
- A. a. soloni M. & T. Okano, 1995
Range
The butterfly occurs in India in the Andamans and from Dawnas to southern Myanmar.[4]
The nominotypical subspecies is distributed on Bohol, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindoro, Mindanao & Tawitawi Islands. The subspecies soloni is on Leyte Island. The subspecies mio is found on Negros Island.
Status
William Harry Evans described the species as rare in 1932.[4]
See also
Cited references
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- ↑ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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References
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- Treadaway, Colin G., 1955: "Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7–118.
- Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz G., 2012: "Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.
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