Arhopala agaba

Purple-glazed Oakblue
Arhopala ggaba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species: A. agaba
Binomial name
Arhopala agaba
(Hewitson, 1862)
Synonyms

Amblypodia agaba Hewitson, 1862

The Purple-glazed Oakblue (Arhopala agaba, sometimes placed in Amblypodia[1]) is a small butterfly found from India to Thailand, Langkawi, Indo China, Peninsular Malaya to the Philippines and Sumatra that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Manipur to northern Myanmar and from Karens to southern Myanmar.[2] It is not rare from Karens to southern Myanmar, but rare elsewhere.[2]

See also

References

Notes
  1. Card for agaba in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
  2. 1 2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H49.32 p 26.

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