Arhopala phaenops explained

Arhopala phaenops, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[1]

A. phaenops Fldr. is similar to Arhopala adorea it is smaller, of a brighter blue, and above all discernible by the under surface, where the small rings of the proximal half of the hindwing are very small and therefore more remote from each other. The transverse bands in the marginal area of the forewing, which in adorea are interrupted on the median, run here uniformly.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Subspecies

• A. p. phaenops Philippines
• A. p. detrita (Staudinger, 1889) Palawan
• A. p. sandakani Druce, 1896 Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malayais - still brighter blue on the upper surface of the male; the proximal ring-spots are here likewise very small, but filled with a much darker colour, in the same way as the transverse bands. Above the black margin of the wings is somewhat broader, about 1.5 to 2 mm in the male. The postmedian band of the forewing beneath is here not only interrupted, but the two ends of the interruption are also distantly remote from each other.
• A. p. termerion Fruhstorfer, 1914 Bazilan
• A. p. aytonia Fruhstorfer, 1914 Java
• A. p. buruensis Holland, 1900 Buru, Obi

External links

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

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. Fleming WA (1975) Butterflies of West Malaysia and Singapore.1st edition. Longman Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 64 pp., 54 pls
4. D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne.