Male forewing 25 mm., bright shining blue, border 1 mm.Female lighter blue, border 4 mm. Below somewhat ochreous brown, no purple wash. Above very similar to Arhopala malayica [now subspecies upper surface lilac-blue colour margined with black, the under-surface exhibits all the spots dark and distinct.The female has a broad black costal margin and distal margin], but easily discernible by the reduction of the marking beneath, where the spots in the forewing are almost obsolete and the submarginal band is only represented by a nebulous stripe]. The female is not unlike that of Arhopala eumolphus, but easily distinguishable by the blue colouring above and the less lustrous under surface. [2][3]
Subspeciesedit
A. s. silhetensis Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Burma, Mergui, Thailand, ?Indo China
A. s. adorea ‘de Nicéville, 1890 Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo
A. s. fundania Fruhstorfer, 1914 Java
A. s. malayica Bethune-Baker, 1903 Philippines, Java?
A. s. philippina (Hayashi, 1981)Philippines (Mindanao)
Range in Indiaedit
The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim onto north Myanmar, and, from Karens to south Myanmar. [4]
^ 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.
^D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne.
Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). . A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on October 6, 2001 – via Internet Archive. With images.
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arhopala, silhetensis, sylhet, oakblue, sometimes, placed, amblypodia, small, butterfly, found, india, that, belongs, lycaenids, blues, family, species, first, described, william, chapman, hewitson, 1862, sylhet, oakbluescientific, classificationdomain, eukary. Arhopala silhetensis the Sylhet oakblue sometimes placed in Amblypodia 1 is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862 Sylhet oakblueScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily LycaenidaeGenus ArhopalaSpecies A silhetensisBinomial nameArhopala silhetensis Hewitson 1862 SynonymsAmblypodia silhetensis Hewitson 1862 FemaleContents 1 Description 2 Subspecies 3 Range in India 4 Status 5 See also 6 Cited references 7 References 8 External linksDescription editMale forewing 25 mm bright shining blue border 1 mm Female lighter blue border 4 mm Below somewhat ochreous brown no purple wash Above very similar to Arhopala malayica now subspecies upper surface lilac blue colour margined with black the under surface exhibits all the spots dark and distinct The female has a broad black costal margin and distal margin but easily discernible by the reduction of the marking beneath where the spots in the forewing are almost obsolete and the submarginal band is only represented by a nebulous stripe The female is not unlike that of Arhopala eumolphus but easily distinguishable by the blue colouring above and the less lustrous under surface 2 3 Subspecies editA s silhetensis Sikkim Assam Manipur Burma Mergui Thailand Indo China A s adorea de Niceville 1890 Peninsular Malaya Singapore Sumatra Borneo A s fundania Fruhstorfer 1914 Java A s malayica Bethune Baker 1903 Philippines Java A s philippina Hayashi 1981 Philippines Mindanao Range in India editThe butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim onto north Myanmar and from Karens to south Myanmar 4 Status editThe species is considered rare 4 See also editLycaenidae List of butterflies of India Lycaenidae Cited references edit Beccaloni G Scoble M Kitching I Simonsen T Robinson G Pitkin B Hine A Lyal C eds 2003 Amblypodia silhetensis The Global Lepidoptera Names Index Natural History Museum Seitz A Band 9 Abt 2 Die exotischen Grossschmetterlinge Die indo australischen Tagfalter 1927 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain D Abrera B 1986 Butterflies of the Oriental Region Part III Lycaenidae amp Riodinidae pp 536 672 Hill House Melbourne a b Evans W H 1932 The Identification of Indian Butterflies 2nd ed Mumbai India Bombay Natural History Society p 260 ser no H49 21 References editBeccaloni George Scoble Malcolm Kitching Ian Simonsen Thomas Robinson Gaden Pitkin Brian Hine Adrian Lyal Chris The Global Lepidoptera Names Index LepIndex Natural History Museum London Retrieved 2016 10 15 Haribal Meena 1992 The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History Gangtok Sikkim India Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation Wynter Blyth Mark Alexander 1957 Butterflies of the Indian Region Bombay India Bombay Natural History Society ISBN 978 8170192329 External links editTakanami Yusuke amp Seki Yasuo 2001 Genus Arhopala Plate C A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines Archived from the original on October 6 2001 via Internet Archive With images nbsp This Theclinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arhopala silhetensis amp oldid 1175492246, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
