Arhopala hayashihisakazui
| Arhopala hayashihisakazui | |
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| female upperside | |
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| female underside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. hayashihisakazui |
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala hayashihisakazui Seki & Treadaway , 2013[1] | |
Arhopala hayashihisakazui Species:Arhopala hayashihisakazui is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines (NE Luzon). This species is large, forewing length is 33.5mm, wing expanse is 60mm. This species is quite distinct and easily separated from any Arhopala species so far recorded from the Philippines. Outside the Philippines, the most likely confused species, especially on the underside, is Arhopala anarte distributed from Assam to Thailand, Laos through Sundaland(without Palawan). But both species is easily distinguished in several points as following.
1. Both wings more quadrate. 2. Upperside ground colour shining pale greenish blue instead of purplish blue in ssp. anarte and tanimitsui, shining pale blue without a greenish tinge in auzea. 3. Upperside black border much broader than in ssp. auzea which has the broadest border of these 3 subspecies of anarte. 4. Underside ground colour with a grayish tinge which does not exist in anarte. 5. Underside forewing post discal spot in space 9 in continuation of those in spaces 4, 5 and 6 whereas in anarte it is shifted inwardly out of line. No spot above central cell spot in spaces 10 and 11. Basal black area in space 1b obscure and not outlined by striae whereas in anarte it is prominent and outlined by brown striae. 6. Underside hindwing central spot in space 1b round whereas in anarte elongate.
References
- Seki, Y. & Treadaway, Colin G., 2013: A new species of Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 from Luzon Island, the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 33(4): 149-150