Arhopala khamti , Doherty's dull oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Doherty in 1891. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Hainan).
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| Arhopala khamti in Lepidoptera Indica | |
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| Plate accompanying the original description.A. khamti is figure 5 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. khamti
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| Arhopala khamti | |
Very dark blue with a very narrow border: upper hindwing space 6 mostly blue. Below with a black tornal lobe and a more or less black spot alongside it this with metallic scales.Very similar to Arhopala oenea.[2]
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Wikispecies has information related to Arhopala khamti.
- Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.