Arhopala caeca

Arhopala caeca is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Borneo, Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.

Arhopala caeca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. caeca
Binomial name
Arhopala caeca
(Hewitson, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia caeca Hewitson, 1863

Seitz-"caeca Hew. (147 e) is very similar to arvina, but beneath still darker, without the anal brightening in the forewing and with a short tail-appendage of the hindwing. The male is above lustrous lilac with a very arrow black margin; the female violettish-blue with a broad marginal black and cell-end spot. [2]

References
  1. Arhopala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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