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Arhopala havilandi

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Arhopala havilandi
Arhopala havilandi, male, female, from original description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. havilandi
Binomial name
Arhopala havilandi

Arhopala havilandi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1896. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2][3]

A. havilandi is similar to achelous, but the male above darker blue; the markings beneath but slightly darker on the earth-brown ground. The female exhibits a violet reflection, a narrow black costal stripe and a black distal margin of 3 to 4 mm width.

Subspecies

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  • A. h. havilandi Borneo
  • A. h. kota (Evans, 1957) Peninsular Malaya

References

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  1. ^ Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1896. In Druce: Further contributions to our knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896(3): 650-683, 3 pls
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ^ Seki, Y, Takanami,Y.and Otsuka, K 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo
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