Arhopala alax

Short description: Species of butterfly

Silky oakblue

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Arhopala
Species:  |

A. alax

Binomial name
Arhopala alax

(Evans, 1932)

Synonyms

Amblypodia alax Evans, 1932

Arhopala alax, the silky oakblue,[1] (sometimes placed in Amblypodia)[2][3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

## Contents

* 1 Range
* 2 Status
* 3 See also
* 4 Cited references
* 5 References

## Range

The butterfly has been found in India from Manipur onto Dawnas. [2][4]

## Status

William Harry Evans reported that the species was common in 1932.[4]

## See also

* List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

## Cited references

1. ↑ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Amblypodia Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Amblypodia alax". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=194923.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 263, ser no H49.35.

## References

* Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
* Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
* Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
* "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/.
* Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329. https://books.google.com/books?id=yEkgAQAAMAAJ.

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