Arhopala buddha explained

Arhopala buddha is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1903.^[1] It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Mergui, Peninsular Malaya, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Siberut, the Philippines and Java).^[2]

Description

Above lustrous light blue with a black marginal band in the male of more than 2 mm width, exhibits beneath the postmedian band of the forewing only feebly bent.^[3]

Subspecies

• Arhopala buddha buddha (Java)
• Arhopala buddha cooperi (Evans, [1925]) (southern Burma, Mergui, Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Bangka, Siberut, Philippines)
• Arhopala buddha whiteheadi Corbet, 1946 (Borneo)

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/arhopala/ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832"
2. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]
3. Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln