Arhopala auxesia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in New Guinea and Sumatra.[2] The upper surface of the male is of a bright light bluish-green with a broad dark marginal band, the female dark violettish-blue, with a still broader margin. Beneath distinguished by the spots of the hindwing being also very prominently dark brown. [3]

Arhopala auxesia
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. auxesia
Binomial name
Arhopala auxesia
(Hewitson, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia auxesia Hewitson, 1863
  • Narathura auxesia salvia Evans, 1957

Subspecies

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  • A. a. auxesia (New Guinea, Sumatra)
  • A. a. salvia (Evans, 1957) (Salawati, Noemfoor Island)

References

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  1. ^ Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae
  2. ^ D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.
  3. ^ 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.
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