Arhopala muta

Arhopala muta
	Arhopala muta Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. muta
Binomial name
	Arhopala muta; (Hewitson, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
	Amblypodia muta Hewitson, 1862; Arhopala trima Corbet, 1941; Arhopala maranda Corbet, 1941; Arhopala wallacei Corbet, 1941; Arhopala waterstradti Bethune-Baker, 1896; Arhopala merguiana Corbet, 1941; Narathura muta gloria Evans, 1957;

Arhopala muta (mutal oakblue) is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Burma, Mergui, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Java, Sumatra, Borneo) [2]

A small species with a darker tint and violet reflection in the distal portion of the forewing, which slightly contrasts with the lighter blue hindwing, though by no means so much as in metamuta which besides shows a black distal margin on both wings (also in the male ).The under surface is dark brown, very scantily marked. [3]

Subspecies

Arhopala muta muta (Java)
Arhopala muta trima Corbet, 1941 (Sumatra)
Arhopala muta maranda Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand)
Arhopala muta wallacei Corbet, 1941 (Sumatra)
Arhopala muta waterstradti Bethune-Baker, 1896 (Borneo)
Arhopala muta merguiana Corbet, 1941 (Thailand, Burma, Mergui)
Arhopala muta gloria (Evans, 1957) (Nias)

References

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

[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.