Arhopala ace

Arhopala ace, or Tytler's dull oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Charles Lionel Augustus de Nicéville in 1893 and is found in Southeast Asia and Northeast India (Manipur, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo).[2]

Arhopala ace
Arhopala ace ace
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. ace
Binomial name
Arhopala ace

Subspecies

  • Arhopala ace ace (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo)
  • Arhopala ace arata Tytler, 1915 (Manipur, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam)

References

  1. de Nicéville, C. [1893] On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 7 (3) : 322-357, pl. H-J
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
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