Arhopala critala

Arhopala critala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. critala
Binomial name
	Arhopala critala; (Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
	Amblypodia critala Felder, 1860;

Arhopala critala is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Serang and Ambon.

The female is above blue with a broad blackish-brown margin of the wings, in the hindwing along the posterior part of the border with a series of white-blue spots. Beneath blackish-brown with a broad, joint, whitish band, hindwing with a broad, greenish-blue, black-spotted marginal band.[2]

References

Arhopala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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.

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[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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.