Arhopala eumolphus

Green oakblue
Arhopala eumolphus maxwelli,
male (top) and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species: A. eumolphus
Binomial name
Arhopala eumolphus
(Cramer, [1780])

Arhopala eumolphus, the green oakblue, is a lycaenid butterfly from southern and south-east Asia.

Range

The butterfly is mostly seen in India, ranging from West Bengal, Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh, and is also found in Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.[1]

External links

Cited references

  1. Isaac Kehimkar (2008) The Book of Indian Butterflies, Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford University press, Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai


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