Arhopala major explained

Arhopala major is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Borneo, Nias, Tioman).^{[1] [2]}

(catori) Extremely similar to Arhopala agesilaus, above almost entirely the same, but beneath the postmedian band of the hindwing is almost entirely broken up into single small spots. Above the cell only one ring-spot is distinct.^[3]

Subspecies

• Arhopala major major (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Borneo, Nias)
• Arhopala major parvimaculata Okubo, 1983 (Tioman)

External links

• "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]
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