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Arhopala auxesia

Arhopala auxesia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in New Guinea and Sumatra. The upper surface of the male is of a bright light bluish-green with a broad dark marginal band, the female dark violettish-blue, with a still broader margin. Beneath distinguished by the spots of the hindwing being also very prominently dark brown.

Subspecies

  • A. a. auxesia (New Guinea, Sumatra)
  • A. a. salvia <small>(Evans, 1957)</small> (Salawati, Noemfoor Island)

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