Arhopala pseudomuta

Arhopala pseudomuta
	Arhopala pseudomuta Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. pseudomuta
Binomial name
	Arhopala pseudomuta; (Staudinger, 1889) [1]
Synonyms
	Amblypodia pseudomuta Staudinger, 1889; Arhopala rafflesii de Nicéville, 1890; Arhopala epibata Corbet, 1948; Arhopala ariavana Corbet, 1941; Narathura mindanensis contra Evans, 1957;

Arhopala pseudomuta, Raffles's oakblue is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia - Peninsular Malaya, Singapore (A. p. )pseudomuta),Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand (A. p. ariavana Corbet, 1941),Sumatra, Borneo (A. p. contra (Evans, 1957) )[2][3]

Subspecies

Arhopala pseudomuta pseudomuta (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)
Arhopala pseudomuta ariavana Corbet, 1941 (Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand)
Arhopala pseudomuta contra (Evans, 1957) (Sumatra, Borneo)

Etymology

The English name honours Stamford Raffles.

References

Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.
Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
Evans, W. H., 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 5(3): 85–141.

External links

"Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[1] Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.

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

[3] Evans, W. H., 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 5(3): 85–141.