Arhopala moolaiana explained

Arhopala moolaiana or pale yellow oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

No tail; male sometimes more bluish-violet, sometimes more of a lilac tint; beneath in the cell of the forewing only 2, not 3 margined spots, the 4th spot of the postmedian band not distinctly, distally removed. Larger than Arhopala epimuta.^[1]

Subspecies

• A. m. moolaiana Burma (Tavoy, Tenasserim, Ataran, Karen Hills)
• A. m. maya (Evans, 1932) Mergui, Thailand ^[2]
• A. m. yajuna Corbet, 1941 Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Borneo ^[3]
• A. m. klossi Corbet, 1941 Siberut, Sipora, Pagi

External links

• Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.

Notes and References

1. Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
2. Evans, W.H. 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 5(3): 85–141
3. Corbet, A. S., 1941. A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10: 149–170