Arhopala moolaiana

Arhopala moolaiana or pale yellow oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

moolaiana and other Arhopala Malaya, Wilcocks collection

Arhopala moolaiana
Arhopala moolaiana in Bethune Baker (fig. 6 male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. moolaiana
Binomial name
Arhopala moolaiana
( Moore, [1879])[1]

No tail; male sometimes more bluish-violet, sometimes more of a lilac tint; beneath in the cell of the forewing only 2, not 3 margined spots, the 4th spot of the postmedian band not distinctly, distally removed. Larger than Arhopala epimuta. [2]


Subspecies
  • A. m. moolaiana Burma (Tavoy, Tenasserim, Ataran, Karen Hills)
  • A. m. maya (Evans, 1932) Mergui, Thailand [3]
  • A. m. yajuna Corbet, 1941 Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Borneo [4]
  • A. m. klossi Corbet, 1941 Siberut, Sipora, Pagi

References
  1. [1879]. A list of the Lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim with descriptions of new species. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4): 821–859, pls 51-53
  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.
  3. Evans, W.H. 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 5(3): 85–141
  4. Corbet, A. S., 1941. A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10: 149–170
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