| Sylhet Oakblue | |
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| Male.Museum specimen.Malaya. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. silhetensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala silhetensis (Hewitson, 1862) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Amblypodia silhetensis Hewitson, 1862 |
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The Sylhet Oakblue (Arhopala silhetensis, sometimes placed in Amblypodia[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
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The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim onto north Myanmar, and, from Karens to south Myanmar. [2]
Rare.[2]