Arhopala paraganesa

Dusky bushblue
	Arhopala paraganesa dusunensis from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. paraganesa
Binomial name
	Arhopala paraganesa; (de Nicéville, 1882)
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 ;

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]

Description

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

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

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

External links

Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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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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