Arhopala theba

Arhopala theba is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Philippines on the island of Mindanao.

Arhopala theba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. theba
Binomial name
Arhopala theba
(Hewitson, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia theba Hewitson, 1863

Description

Like Arhopala bazaloides, but much larger, the ground¬colour beneath, except before the tornus of the forewing, nowhere lighter, but quite dark chocolate, whereasthe markings are almost purely ivory-white. Above the male is of a wonderful morpho blue colour; a purple reflection on the costal portion, the costa and distal margin are rather broad black; hindwing with a broad black costa and a narrow black distal margin exhibiting dark internerval dots. Female above dark brown, basaland central areas blue.[2]

References
  1. "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" 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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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