Arhopala opalina

Arhopala opalina, the opal oakblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Assam, Burma, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Java.[1]

Arhopala opalone, male, from Khasia Hills, Patkai, in northern India from original description by Moore, 1884.[2]

Arhopala opalina
Male from Adalbert Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. opalina
Binomial name
Arhopala opalina
(Moore, 1883)[1]
Synonyms

References

  1. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (2019). "Arhopala opalina (Moore, 1883)". Wikimedia Foundation. doi:10.15468/c3kkgh. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Moore, Frederic (1879). "Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47: 136–144. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02637.x.


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