Arhopala semperi

Species of butterfly

Arhopala semperi

Arhopala semperi from original description.
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Arhopala
Species:  |

A. semperi

Binomial name
Arhopala semperi

(Bethune-Baker, 1896)[1]

Arhopala semperi  is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1896. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Borneo) and as A. s. russelli Eliot, 1962 in Peninsular Malaya.

A. semperi differs from tameanga in the black margin of the wings being broader in the male, but narrower in the female, particularly on the hindwing. Beneath the postmedian marginal band of the forewing is somewhat irregular, particularly in the males in some places expanded into clouds. It is uncertain whether the females with regular though darkened bands are correctly ranged here. [2]

The specific name honours Georg Semper.

## References

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1. ^ Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1896. In: Druce Further contributions to our knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896(3): 650-683, 3 pls
2. ^ 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

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Wikispecies has information related to Arhopala semperi.

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

Taxon identifiers

Arhopala semperi|

* Wikidata: Q13394632
* Wikispecies: Arhopala semperi
* BioLib: 644570
* CoL: GL3S
* EoL: 241905
* GBIF: 1927039
* iNaturalist: 1148362
* IRMNG: 10981691
* LepIndex: 195583
* Open Tree of Life: 3139723