Arhopala antimuta

Small tailess oakblue
Arhopala antimuta in Rhopalocera Malayana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. antimuta
Binomial name
Arhopala antimuta
(C. and R.Felder, 1865 [1]

Arhopala antimuta or small tailess oakblue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

A. antimutaFldr. is allied to metamuta and hypomuta and entirely resembles above gunongensis, except that the black margin of the male wings is somewhat broader and the whole insect smaller.[3]


Subspecies

  • A. a. antimuta Burma, Mergui, Thailand, Langkawi, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Nias, Natuna
  • A. a. timana Corbet, 1941 Borneo, Bangka

References

  1. ^ Felder,C.and Felder, R.1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls
  2. ^ Seki, Y, Takanami,Y.and Otsuka, K 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo
  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.