Arhopala paraganesa explained

Arhopala paraganesa, the dusky bushblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1882. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[1]

Description

As the name indicates, it is above already very similar to ganesa (Vol. I. the above violettish blue with a broad black marginal band; beneath the spots and bands are deep chocolate brown, encircled with white, and situate on a dull earth-brown ground which is whitish in some places. — zephyretta Doh. represents the species in Assam; here both sexes are above quite blackish-brown, only in the area of the discal cell there is lustrous bluish colouring.^[2]

Subspecies

• A. p. paraganesa (northern India, Nepal, Sikkim)
• A. p. zephyretta (Doherty, 1891) (Assam, northern Burma, central Burma, western Thailand)
• A. p. mendava Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia)
• A. p. hammon Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Java)
• A. p. dusunensis Barlow, Banks & Holloway, 1971 (Borneo)
• A. p. tomokoae (Hayashi, 1976) (Philippines: Palawan)
• A. p. felipa Lamas, 2008 (Philippines: Palawan)
• A. p. insula Lamas, 2008 (Hainan)

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