Arhopala singla

Arhopala singla, the pointed oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Charles Lionel Augustus de Nicéville in 1885. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Northwest India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Burma, and Southwest China).[2]

Arhopala singla
Arhopala singla, female, male, Sikkim, from original description.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. singla
Binomial name
Arhopala singla

References

  1. de Nicéville , L. 1885. Descriptions of some New Indian Rhopalocera. J. Asiatic. Soc. Beng. 54: 117-124, 1 pl
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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