Arhopala tameanga | |
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Arhopala tameanga male, female from original description | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. tameanga
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Binomial name | |
Arhopala tameanga
Bethune-Baker, 1896
[1]
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Arhopala tameanga is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1896. It is found in the Indomalayan realm where it is endemic to Borneo. [2] [3]
The dark lilac upper surface almost black with a deep blue reflection with a lilac gloss in the disc of the wing; the female with a very broad blackish-brown marginal band; the postmedian transverse band on the forewing beneath is only flawed in the centre, not broken through. [4]
Arhopala tameanga | |
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Arhopala tameanga male, female from original description | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. tameanga
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Binomial name | |
Arhopala tameanga
Bethune-Baker, 1896
[1]
|
Arhopala tameanga is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1896. It is found in the Indomalayan realm where it is endemic to Borneo. [2] [3]
The dark lilac upper surface almost black with a deep blue reflection with a lilac gloss in the disc of the wing; the female with a very broad blackish-brown marginal band; the postmedian transverse band on the forewing beneath is only flawed in the centre, not broken through. [4]