Arhopala centaurus, the centaur oakblue or dull oakblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in India and southeast Asia to the Philippines.
Description
Subspecies
- A. c. centaurus Kangean, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumatra, mainland New Guinea, Torres Strait islands, northern Australia (QLD), Moa Is.
- A. c. asopus <small> Waterhouse & Lyell, [1914] </small> northern & northwestern Australia (NT), Koolan Is.
- A. c. nakula <small> (C. & R. Felder, 1860) </small> Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, S.Yunnan, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Singkep, Sumatra, Belitung, Bangka
- A. c. aglais <small> C. & R. Felder, [1865] </small> Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao)
- A. c. coruscans <small> Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881 </small> Andamans
- A. c. pirama <small> (Moore, [1881]) </small> Ceylon, South India
- A. c. pirithous (<small> Moore, [1884]) </small> North India, Assam, Sikkim, S.China, Hainan
- A. c. centenitus <small> Fruhstorfer, 1914 </small> Batu, Pagi
- A. c. dixoni <small> Eliot, 1978 </small> Malaysia
- A. c. cuyoensis <small> Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 </small> Philippines (Cuyo)
- A. c. babuyana <small> Schröder & Treadaway, 1999</small> Philippines (Babuyanes)
- A. c. decimarie <small> Schröder & Treadaway, 1999</small> Philippines (Homonhon)
- A. c. dinacola <small> Schröder & Treadaway, 1999</small> Philippines (Dinagat)
Biology
The larva feeds on Terminalia tomentosa, Terminalia paniculata, Lagerstroemia microcarpa, Mangifera indica and Xylia dolabriformis
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