Arhopala epimuta explained

Arhopala epimuta is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Frederic Moore in 1858.^[1] It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Borneo, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore and Sumatra).^[2]

epimutais very similar to atosia above and beneath, but it is said to differ in the absence of the small tail of the hindwing.^[3] The male is shining pale blue, turning violet towards the apex.

Subspecies

• Arhopala epimuta epimuta (Borneo)
• Arhopala epimuta epiala Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra)
• Arhopala epimuta elsiei Evans, [1925] (Burma, Thailand)

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/arhopala/ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832"
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