Arhopala muta

Arhopala muta (mutal oakblue) is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Burma, Mergui, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Java, Sumatra, Borneo) [2] [3]

Arhopala muta
Arhopala muta Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. muta
Binomial name
Arhopala muta
(Hewitson, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia muta Hewitson, 1862
  • Arhopala trima Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala maranda Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala wallacei Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala waterstradti Bethune-Baker, 1896
  • Arhopala merguiana Corbet, 1941
  • Narathura muta gloria Evans, 1957

Subspecies
  • Arhopala muta muta (Java)
  • Arhopala muta trima Corbet, 1941 (Sumatra)
  • Arhopala muta maranda Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand)
  • Arhopala muta wallacei Corbet, 1941 (Sumatra)
  • Arhopala muta waterstradti Bethune-Baker, 1896 (Borneo)
  • Arhopala muta merguiana Corbet, 1941 (Thailand, Burma, Mergui)
  • Arhopala muta gloria (Evans, 1957) (Nias)

References
  1. Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
  3. Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur
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