Arhopala acetes is a butterfly endemic to Sulawesi described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862.[1]
Arhopala acetes | |
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From Pontolo, North Gorontalo, Sulawesi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. acetes
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Binomial name | |
Arhopala acetes (Hewitson, 1862)
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Description
editLike Arhopala araxes a Celebes-form, from Macassar; size of araxes or still larger, but the upper surface of the is uniformly blue; beneath the markings are also in the forewing intensely surrounded with yellowish-white.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Arhopala acetes (Hewitson, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- "Butterflies of Southeastern Sulawesi". Systematics of Neotropical Butterflies at the University of Florida