Arhopala aedias

Arhopala aedias
	Figure 36 in Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. aedias
Binomial name
	Arhopala aedias; (Hewitson, 1862)
Synonyms
	Amblypodia aedias Hewitson, 1862; Amblypodia yendava Grose-Smith, 1887; Arhopala meritatas Corbet, 1941; Arhopala agnis C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Arhopala agnis hagius Fruhstorfer, 1914; Arhopala agnis soter Fruhstorfer, 1914; Arhopala agnis sphetys Fruhstorfer, 1914; Amblypodia oenotria Hewitson, 1869;

Arhopala aedias, the large metallic oakblue,^[2] is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka, Nias, Borneo and the Philippines).^[3]

Subspecies[]

Arhopala aedias aedias (Java)
Arhopala aedias yendava (Grose-Smith, 1887) (Burma: Karen Hills, Yendaw Valley, Ataran)
Arhopala aedias meritatas Corbet, 1941 (Mergui, southern Burma, Langkawi)
Arhopala aedias agnis C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka, Nias, Borneo)
Arhopala aedias oenotria (Hewitson, 1869) (Mindanao)

References[]

^ Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum
^ P Ek-Amnuay, Butterflies of Thailand, 2nd edition 2012
^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175

External links[]

"Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 7, 2017.

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[1] Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum

[2] P Ek-Amnuay, Butterflies of Thailand, 2nd edition 2012

[3] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175

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Taxon identifiers
Arhopala aedias	Wikidata: Q13394398 Wikispecies: Arhopala aedias BioLib: 644615 BOLD: 386224 EoL: 256196 GBIF: 1926972 iNaturalist: 498179 IRMNG: 11196860 LepIndex: 195294 NCBI: 1401944
Amblypodia aedias	Wikidata: Q109584780 GBIF: 7669930

Arhopala aedias

Figure 36 in Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. aedias
Binomial name
*Arhopala aedias* (Hewitson, 1862)^[1]
Synonyms
Amblypodia aedias Hewitson, 1862 Amblypodia yendava Grose-Smith, 1887 Arhopala meritatas Corbet, 1941 Arhopala agnis C. & R. Felder, [1865] Arhopala agnis hagius Fruhstorfer, 1914 Arhopala agnis soter Fruhstorfer, 1914 Arhopala agnis sphetys Fruhstorfer, 1914 Amblypodia oenotria Hewitson, 1869