''Acupicta bubases'' is a species of butterfly belonging to the

lycaenid Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

family. It was named by Hewitson in 1875. It is found in

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

- Peninsular Malaya, Borneo (''A. b. matsudai'' Okubo, 2007). Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

Subspecies

*''Acupicta bubases bubases'' (Peninsular Malaysia) *''Acupicta bubases matsudai'' Okubo, 2007 (Borneo: Sabah)

References

External links

"''Acupicta'' Eliot, 1973"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 6, 2017. bubases Butterflies of Asia Butterflies described in 1875 Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Theclinae-stub