Arhopala alesia

Pallid oakblue
Arhopala alesia mio, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species: A. alesia
Binomial name
Arhopala alesia
(C. & R. Felder, [1865])
Synonyms

Amblypodia alesia C. & R. Felder, [1865]

Arhopala alesia, the pallid oakblue, (sometimes in Amblypodia)[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India in the Andamans and from Dawnas to southern Myanmar.[2]

Status

William Harry Evans described the species as rare in 1932.[2]

See also

Cited references

  1. Card for alesia in LepIndex. Accessed 16 June 2007.
  2. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 266, ser no H49.49.

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