Arhopala selta

Arhopala selta or reddish-brown oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Arhopala selta
Plate accompanying the original description Figs. 36, 37
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. selta
Binomial name
Arhopala selta
(Hewitson, 1869) [1]

Subspecies

  • A. s. selta Burma, Mergui, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Sumatra
  • A. s. constanceae de Nicéville, 1894 Andaman Islands
  • A. s. hislopi Eliot, 1962 Malaysia

References

  1. Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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