Arhopala asopia

Species of butterfly

Arhopala asopia

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

A. asopia

Binomial name
Arhopala asopia

(Hewitson, 1869 [1]

Arhopala asopia, the plain tailless oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Manipur, Assam, Burma, Thailand, and Laos).[2]

## Description[edit]

Beneath lighter yellowish) brown otherwise very similar to [related species], particularly in the marking; the most conspicuous is the very much lighter, whitish spot in the subanal region of the forewing. Distinctly separated above in the male by being quite light violettish-blue with a blackish-brown marginal band of more than 3 mm width.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls.
2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
3. ^ 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.

## External links[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Arhopala asopia.

* Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.

Taxon identifiers

Arhopala asopia|

* Wikidata: Q13394432
* Wikispecies: Arhopala asopia
* BioLib: 644620
* CoL: GKY3
* EoL: 258284
* GBIF: 1927050
* IRMNG: 11101959
* LepIndex: 195372

Amblypodia asopia|

* Wikidata: Q109584794
* CoL: CN3X
* GBIF: 8133087