Dusky bushblue | |
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Arhopala paraganesa dusunensis from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. paraganesa |
Binomial name | |
Arhopala paraganesa (de Nicéville, 1882) | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
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.
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)
References
- Hewitson, 1878 Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae
- Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers | |
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Arhopala paraganesa |
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