Arhopala kiriwinii is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1903. It is found in the Australasian realm (Trobriand Island, Fergusson Island, Woodlar Island, and New Guinea). [2]
| Arhopala kiriwinii | |
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| Arhopala kiriwinii, male, Trobriand Is., from original description. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. kiriwinii
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| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala kiriwinii Bethune-Baker, 1903 [1]
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Description
editIt resembles very much Arhopala centaurus, particularly on the under surface which is intermediary between the latter and micale. Of the 3 spots in the cell of the forewing beneath the proximal one is by far the smallest. Easily discernible from centaurus by the light, intensely bright blue of the upper surface in the male; the female is still lighter blue, but on both its wings the costa and the margin are broad black.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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External links
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