Arhopala agelastus

Arhopala agelastus
	Figures 61 and 62 in Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. agelastus
Binomial name
	Arhopala agelastus; (Hewitson, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
	Amblypodia agelastus Hewitson, 1862; Arhopala perissa Doherty, 1889;

Arhopala agelastus is a species of butterfly belong to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia (Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore and ssp. perissa Doherty, 1889 Burma, Mergui and Thailand)[2]

Subspecies

Arhopala agelastus agelastus (Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi, Singapore)
Arhopala agelastus perissa Doherty, 1889 (southern Burma, Mergui, southern Thailand)

References

Hewitson, W. C. (1862). Specimen of a catalogue of Lycænidæ in the British Museum. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 12.
Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175

External links

"Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 7, 2017.

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[1] Hewitson, W. C. (1862). Specimen of a catalogue of Lycænidæ in the British Museum. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 12.

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175