Arhopala moolaiana
Arhopala moolaiana in Bethune Baker (fig. 6 male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. moolaiana
Binomial name
Arhopala moolaiana
( Moore, [1879])[1]

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.

moolaiana and other Arhopala Malaya, Wilcocks collection

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. [2]

Subspecies

  • A. m. moolaiana Burma (Tavoy, Tenasserim, Ataran, Karen Hills)
  • A. m. maya (Evans, 1932) Mergui, Thailand [3]
  • A. m. yajuna Corbet, 1941 Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Borneo [4]
  • A. m. klossi Corbet, 1941 Siberut, Sipora, Pagi

References

  1. ↑ [1879]. A list of the Lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim with descriptions of new species. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4): 821–859, pls 51-53
  2. ↑ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Corbet, A. S., 1941. A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval. Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10: 149–170
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