Arhopala buddha is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1903.[2] It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Mergui, Peninsular Malaya, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Siberut, the Philippines and Java).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. buddha
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| Arhopala buddha (Bethune-Baker, 1903)[1]
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Description
editAbove lustrous light blue with a black marginal band in the male of more than 2 mm width, exhibits beneath the postmedian band of the forewing only feebly bent.[4]
Subspecies
edit- Arhopala buddha buddha (Java)
- Arhopala buddha cooperi (Evans, [1925]) (southern Burma, Mergui, Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Bangka, Siberut, Philippines)
- Arhopala buddha whiteheadi Corbet, 1946 (Borneo)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Arhopala buddha.
- ^ Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 17(1): 3–164, 5 pls.
- ^ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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