Arhopala agaba
| Purple-glazed Oakblue | |
|---|---|
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| Arhopala ggaba | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. agaba |
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala agaba (Hewitson, 1862) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amblypodia agaba Hewitson, 1862 | |
The Purple-glazed Oakblue (Arhopala agaba, sometimes placed in Amblypodia[1]) is a small butterfly found from India to Thailand, Langkawi, Indo China, Peninsular Malaya to the Philippines and Sumatra that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India from Manipur to northern Myanmar and from Karens to southern Myanmar.[2] It is not rare from Karens to southern Myanmar, but rare elsewhere.[2]
References
- ↑ Card for agaba in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- 1 2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H49.32 p 26.
See also
References
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
External links
- Asahi Correctly determined photos of A. agaba (as Arhopala agaba from the Philippines.
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