Arhopala chamaeleona explained

Arhopala chamaeleona is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1903. It is found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.^[1]

Description

Both wings deep metallic green, shading to brown in some lights.Hindwing being green almost to the margin.Below, uniform brown, no white areas: hindwing under with well-developed tornal metallic scaling.^{[2] [3] [4]} Form restricta Above, brown-black, forewings violet-blue on basal 3/4 }}

Subspecies

• A. c. chamaeleona (Biak, Noemfoor, Jobi, New Guinea)
• A. c. rileyi Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Serang)
• A. c. mizunumai (Hayashi, 1978) (Philippines: Leyte, Samar, Mindanao, Marinduque)
• A. c. maputi (Takanami, 1984) (Philippines: Marinduque)
• A. c. susyae Tennent & Rawlins, 2010 (Moluccas)

External links

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

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]
2. Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
3. Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A new species of Arhopala from British New Guinea. Ent. mon. Mag. 39: 217.
4. D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.