Arhopala hypomuta

Arhopala hypomuta
	Arhopala hypomuta hypomuta female,Singapore
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. hypomuta
Binomial name
	Arhopala hypomuta; (Hewitson, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
	Amblypodia hypomuta Hewitson, 1862; Arhopala deva Bethune-Baker, 1896; Arhopala shelfordi Moulton, [1912];

Arhopala hypomuta is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862 . It is found in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra) [2] [3]

Dark violettish-blue, the male with an almost linear black margin of the wings, the under surface very regularly marked with rings and bands that are filled up not much darker than the ground-colour. The anal blue of the hindwing is distinct and lustrous.[4]

Subspecies

Arhopala hypomuta hypomuta (Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)
Arhopala hypomuta deva Bethune-Baker, 1896 (Borneo)

A. h. deva male and female North Borneo Courvoisier Collection, Basel
A. h. deva male and female Brunei

References

Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum
Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur
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

"Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[1] Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175

[3] Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur

[4] 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.