Arhopala opalina, the opal oakblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Assam, Burma, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Java.[1]
| Opal oakblue | |
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| Male from Adalbert Seitz | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. opalina
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| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala opalina | |
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This species (according to Niceville) looks like a miniature form of camdeo from which, however, it differs as follows: the blue of the upper surface is more lilac and the whitish spot in the disc of the forewing is entirely absent. The spots beneath are less distinct, and their distal bordering by a fine white line, as in camdeo, is absent here. Besides the spots beneath are also somewhat differently shaped. The species of which only 1 male was known at the time of the description, has an expanse of but 38 mm and occurs in the Khasia Hills, being apparently rare. [3]
References
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- ^ a b c Global Biodiversity Information Facility (2019). "Arhopala opalina (Moore, 1883)". Wikimedia Foundation. doi:10.15468/c3kkgh.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Moore, Frederic (1879). "Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 47: 136–144. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02637.x.
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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