Arhopala paraganesa, the dusky bushblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1882. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Dusky bushblue
Arhopala paraganesa dusunensis 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. paraganesa
Binomial name
Arhopala paraganesa
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia paraganesa de Nicéville, 1882
  • Acesina paraganesa zephyretta Doherty, 1891
  • Arhopala medava Corbet, 1941
  • Arhopala ammon hammon Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Panchala paraganesa tomokoae Hayashi, 1976

Description

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As the name indicates, it is above already very similar to ganesa (Vol. I. the above violettish blue with a broad black marginal band; beneath the spots and bands are deep chocolate brown, encircled with white, and situate on a dull earth-brown ground which is whitish in some places. — zephyretta Doh. represents the species in Assam; here both sexes are above quite blackish-brown, only in the area of the discal cell there is lustrous bluish colouring.[3]

Subspecies

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  • A. p. paraganesa (northern India, Nepal, Sikkim)
  • A. p. zephyretta (Doherty, 1891) (Assam, northern Burma, central Burma, western Thailand)
  • A. p. mendava Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia)
  • A. p. hammon Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Java)
  • A. p. dusunensis Barlow, Banks & Holloway, 1971 (Borneo)
  • A. p. tomokoae (Hayashi, 1976) (Philippines: Palawan)
  • A. p. felipa Lamas, 2008 (Philippines: Palawan)
  • A. p. insula Lamas, 2008 (Hainan)

References

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  1. ^ Hewitson, 1878 Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  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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