Raffles's oakblue | |
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Arhopala pseudomuta 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. pseudomuta
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Binomial name | |
Arhopala pseudomuta (
Staudinger, 1889)
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Synonyms | |
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Arhopala pseudomuta, Raffles's oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia - Peninsular Malaya, Singapore (A. p. )pseudomuta),Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand (A. p. ariavana Corbet, 1941),Sumatra, Borneo (A. p. contra (Evans, 1957) ) [2] [3]
A. pseudomuta is much larger than elopura, the male violettish-blue, almost-lilac, the under surface regularly marked, as is to be seen from the figure; Malacca, Borneo. A. rafflesii Nic. [synonym] above dark blue instead of violet, with a slight difference of the postmedian band on the hindwing beneath, where the 4th spot is slightly removed towards the margin. [4]
The English name honours Stamford Raffles.
Raffles's oakblue | |
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Arhopala pseudomuta 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. pseudomuta
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Binomial name | |
Arhopala pseudomuta (
Staudinger, 1889)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Arhopala pseudomuta, Raffles's oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia - Peninsular Malaya, Singapore (A. p. )pseudomuta),Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand (A. p. ariavana Corbet, 1941),Sumatra, Borneo (A. p. contra (Evans, 1957) ) [2] [3]
A. pseudomuta is much larger than elopura, the male violettish-blue, almost-lilac, the under surface regularly marked, as is to be seen from the figure; Malacca, Borneo. A. rafflesii Nic. [synonym] above dark blue instead of violet, with a slight difference of the postmedian band on the hindwing beneath, where the 4th spot is slightly removed towards the margin. [4]
The English name honours Stamford Raffles.