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Arhopala buddha

Arhopala buddha is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1903. It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Mergui, Peninsular Malaya, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Siberut, the Philippines and Java).

Description

Above lustrous light blue with a black marginal band in the male of more than 2 mm width, exhibits beneath the postmedian band of the forewing only feebly bent.

Subspecies

  • Arhopala buddha buddha (Java)
  • Arhopala buddha cooperi <small>(Evans, [1925])</small> (southern Burma, Mergui, Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Bangka, Siberut, Philippines)
  • Arhopala buddha whiteheadi <small>Corbet, 1946</small> (Borneo)

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