Arhopala dodonaea

Pale Himalayan oakblue
Male,Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Male on left, the female is always larger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. dodonaea
Binomial name
Arhopala dodonaea
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia dodonaea Moore, 1857[3]

Arhopala dodonaea, the pale Himalayan oakblue, (sometimes listed as a synonym of Amblypodia rama)[3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Description

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Both male and female are blue with a broad border. The underside is grey. The female forewing termen is markedly crenulate.

Range

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The butterfly occurs in India (Kumaon) and Pakistan.[4] Afghanistan, Northwest Himalaya - Sikkim, Chitral.

Status

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William Harry Evans reported that the species was common in 1932.[4]

See also

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Cited references

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  1. ^ "Arhopala dodonaea - Pale Himalayan Oakblue - Butterflies of India". Butterflies of India. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. ^ Tennent, W.J.; Rawlins, A. (2010). "Notes on Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 from Sulawesi and Maluku, including new subspecies of A. argentea Staudinger, 1888, A. chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903, and A. azenia (Hewitson, [1863]) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)" (PDF). Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo. 31 (1): 9. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Amblypodia rama​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  4. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 266, ser no H49.50.

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