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Arhopala ganesa

Arhopala ganesa, the tailless bushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found at the junction of the Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm.

Description

The male like all above blue with a narrow black margin, is distinguished by a white patch beyond the apex of the cell. The light dust-grey underside bears bands which are filled in with dark sealing on the forewing and are only indicated by their border-lines on the hindwing. — loomisi Pryer (= seminigra Leech) has the blue reduced above, there is no white on the upperside, and the underside is evenly banded with brown.

Subspecies

  • A. g. ganesa Northwest India, Sikkim
  • A. g. watsoni <small>Evans, 1912</small> Assam, Central Burma
  • A. g. seminigra <small>(Leech, 1890)</small> West China, Hainan
  • A. g. loomisi <small>(Pryer, 1886)</small> Japan

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