Arhopala hesba explained

Arhopala hesba is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869. It is found in the Indomalayan realm where it is endemic to the Philippines.[1]

Description

The male is above lustrous sky-blue, not violet as the preceding species [''[[Arhopala agesias|agesias]] ] and with a black margin of 1.5 to 2 mm. Beneath the dark sepia-coloured spots are very conspicuous in the lightred-brown ground-colour. The female is above similar to the male but the wings do not exhibit the bright Morpho lustre of the males.[2]

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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