Arhopala eumolphus

Green Oakblue
Arhopala eumolphus maxwelli,
male (top) and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Arhopalini
Genus: Arhopala
Species: A. eumolphus
Binomial name
Arhopala eumolphus
(Cramer, [1780])

Arhopala eumolphus, the Green Oakblue, is a lycaenid butterfly from the Indo-Oriental region.

Range

The butterfly mostly seen in India (West Bengal, Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh and also in Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar.[1]

External links

Cited references

  1. Isaac Kehimkar (2008) The Book of Indian Butterflies Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford University press, Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai


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