Arhopala meander

Arhopala meander
	Arhopala meander, female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. meander
Binomial name
	Arhopala meander; Boisduval, 1832[1]

Arhopala meander , the bright oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832. It is found in the Australasian realm (Trobriand Island, Fergusson Island, Woodlar Island, New Guinea, Aru, Ambon, Waigeu, Louisiades, and Australia (Cape York)).[2]

It is above in the male deep dark blue. Beneath the spots of the proximal half of the wing are larger, rounder, and the white bordering is more distinctly prominent in the shape of distinct rings. The postmedian transverse band of the hindwing is in the female three times interrupted, in the male which is beneath more red-brown, at the places of interruption strongly notched. In the form anicius Fruhst. the white, hoary covering of the under surface is particularly intense, so that the very narrow longitudinal stripes extending in the direction of the veins are very prominent.This form resmbles Arhopala adherbal. [3]

References

. Boisduval, J.P.. 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc). Part 1. Paris. J Tastu, 267 pp.
D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.
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. Retrieved June 3, 2017.

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[1] . Boisduval, J.P.. 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc). Part 1. Paris. J Tastu, 267 pp.

[2] D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.

[3] 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.